Notes d'Arshaca. Petersburg Chronicle of 1836

The tragic epilogue of Pushkin’s life is the main topic of the historical novel of the famous Soviet literary critic and writer Leonid Grossman (1888-1965), called the author of “Notes of d'Arshaca”. The story here is on behalf of the young French diplomat, who took part in the famous match on January 27, 1837 as one of the seconds. Viscount d'Arshiac, attache at the French embassy in St. Petersburg, as a friend and relative of Georges d'anges, Pushkin killers, was dedicated to all the secrets of a duel history, and as a diplomatic representative of France, he carefully studied the St. Petersburg government circles, the highest society and the court of Nicholas I I This allows Grossman to reveal the circumstances of the last duel Pushkin against the background of the Imperial St. Petersburg of the thirties, depicting the events and customs of the era from the point of view of the European politician interested in large state people and characteristic social phenomena of the then Russia.