Notes about Russia of the first half of the XVlll century. Manstein H.G. background

Christopher German Manstein (1711-1757), Colonel of the Guard, the son of the associate of Peter the Great, left us a unique source on the history of our Fatherland, his memories, in which he talks about the events of the rapid XVIII century, about the reign of Catherine I, Peter II, Anna, Anna Ioannovna, the reign of Anna Leopoldovna and the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth Petrovna. The events of those years are narrated by their direct participant who served with Field Marshal Minikh, who participated in the arrest of the Duke of Biron and at the end of his life, one of the generals of Friedrich the Great.