Caucasian debut. From Catherine LL to Paul l. Shigin V.

A big game-the strategic confrontation of Russia and England in Central Asia in the 18th-19th centuries called the policy of past eras.

for Russia, the prologue of a large game began with the project of Tsar Peter I on the expansion of our possessions and establishing direct contacts with India. His case was continued by Empress Catherine II, who turned her gaze to the unequivocal Georgia and the rest of the Transcaucasia. With her, the Russian army saved Georgia from the terrible Persian invasion and took it under its defense. The case of Catherine was continued by her son Paul I, who in his eastern politics for the first time decided to reach the borders of India, for which he paid for life... By this time, the British already vigilantly followed everyone who tried to encroach on the "main pearl of the British crown." The big game of compromises did not recognize...

while Russia has only mastered its rules, but very soon it will inflict the first crushing blow...