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Favorites of Catherine the Great. Those who had no opinion of their own

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The reign of Catherine the Great was the time of the glittering decline of favoritism in Russia, and the name of the empress is firmly associated with her "ministers of pleasure". Young officers of the Guards replaced each other in the chambers of the Empress, entertained her in the capital and country residences, accompanied her on trips, received fabulously expensive gifts, titles, ranks, orders and estates with thousands of serfs, but rather quickly disappeared from the historical scene. How was favoritism built into the system of state administration? What are the reasons for the appearance of a succession of tsar's favorites? What, in addition to close relations with the lord, they were engaged in the "famous position", what role did they play in court life and big politics?
Essays by Igor Kurukin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, based on archival and published sources and scientific research, are devoted to Catherine II's favorites, who shared her interests and aspirations to the best of their abilities, but had no opinion of their own.
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