P. Great - Patriot and Reformer. Polovtsov A.A.

For the Russian man, the name of Emperor Peter the Great is a significant: obsessed with the idea of ​​serving the Fatherland, the Tsar-reformer went forward, following the chosen principle “About Peter, know that life is not dear to him, if Russia would live in prosperity and glory”. Historians wrote about Peter I a lot and often. His life and deeds became the subject of scientific research, artistic prose, poetic works, the appearance of Peter is many times in the visual arts. All this made the image of Peter the Great even more multifaceted. The author of this book also addressed him - Alexander Polovtsov, diplomat, ethnographer, specialist in the study of languages ​​and culture of the East, art historian, collector and collector. The author came to the study of the personality of Peter the Great in the 1930s, writing his study on the basis of the little-knowing chamber of Frederick Wilhelm von Bercholts, the little-known at that time. The composition was not published during the life of Polovtsov, but this work, undoubtedly, will find its reader today. On the eve of the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter I, this book will take its worthy place both in Peter's historiography and in the vast collection of Russian abroad literature.