=" M. N. KOVALENSKY Mr. V. ь 1 ‹
_ EKATHERINE'S TRIP TO THE CRIMEA.
MOSCOW. Publishing house K. F. Nekrasov. ‚ MSMKHUT.
FROM THE EDITOR.
The purpose of this brochure was to describe the last and final step of the three-part Russian colonization of the shores of the Black Sea (Novorossiya). Together with Catherine’s fifth journey, it opens up the opportunity to show the provincial Russia of her time and the attitude of provincial society towards the great empress, at the same time to outline the personality of Catherine herself, for the multifaceted manifestation of which travel and meetings provide so many opportunities; show the colleagues and friends around her - especially the organizer and hero of the trip - Potemkin. The meeting with the king of Poland, which was being dismembered at that time, with the Austrian emperor and with ambassadors of other powers, clearly defines the international relations of Catherine’s reign, and the accompanying description of the newly annexed regions people and diverse population to provide them with household
+ life in the south of Russia and in particular Crimea at the time of its annexation. The author of the brochure with a generous hand drew his colors and scenes from the rich memoirs written by the participants and witnesses of this enchantingly decorative journey of “Semiramis”
Severa" to the "country of Ifigen!i".
AMBASSADOR OF THE FRENCH KING,
In 1735, the new ambassador of the French king Louis HUT, Count Segur, came to St. Petersburg.
The young count, who was then 28 years old, came to the Russian capital for the first time. St. Petersburg struck him with the duality of its character and the abundance of internal contradictions. “Here, at the same time, you encounter enlightenment and barbarism, the centuries of the 10th and 18th centuries, Asia and Europe, the Scythians and Europeans, the brilliant proud nobility and the ignorant crowd,” Segur wrote in his notes. “On one side there are fashionable outfits, rich clothes, luxurious feasts, magnificent celebrations, spectacles like those that entertain the select society of Paris and London; on the other hand, merchants in Az!atian clothes, cabbies, servants and men in sheepskin coats, with long beards, with muffa hats and mittens and sometimes with axes tucked into their belts. woolen shoes and a kind of coarse buskin on the feet are reminiscent of the Scythians, Dacians, Roxolans and Goths, once menacing to the Roman world. The images of savages on the bas-relief of the Trajan Column in Rome seem to come to life and move before your eyes.”
Catherine was at the height of her fame at that time. Crimea was already annexed to Russia, and the divisions of Poland began. After the pacification of the Pugachev region, the Welfare was internally transformed: an Institution on the Governorates was published, and letters of grant were given to the nobility and cities; The Rosy noble nobility received its charter. Segur was amazed at Catherine’s “uspfhams.” She managed to use the ambition of other monarchs in her favor; divided Poland with its allies and increased its holdings; The Turks were victorious, and the fall of the Porte was stopped only by the disagreement of the Christian monarchs.
..Surprised Europe saw how the Russian fleet passed through the ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, awakened Sparta, which had fallen into dust, proclaimed freedom to the Greeks and blew up the Muslim fleet in the Chesme Bay; Finally, the Grand Vizier was besieged by Rumyantsev in Shuml, and the shadow of Peter the Great was avenged... “During her reign, Rosa! I became a European power; Petersburg took a prominent place among the capitals of the educated world, and the royal throne rose to a succession of thrones, the most powerful and significant.” Friedrich P spoke about her: “Many empresses have earned fame: Semiramis with victories, Elizabeth of England with clever politics, Mary Teresa