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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Moscow: Fond Sergeia Dubova, 1998 571 p Serie: Istoriia Rossii i Doma Romanovykh v Memuarakh Sovremennikov. XVII-XX vv Hardcover. 14 x 21.5 cm ISBN: 5894860067 Language: Russian
This book includes memoirs of dignitaries of the period. Attorney General, Senator, Prince Ia. P. Shakhovskoi (1705-1777) describes the Russian-Turkish war of 1735-39, the coups of 1740-41, court customs, etc. The diary of Lieutenant General V. A. Nashchokin (1707-1759) presents the state, military, and court life of the 1720-50s. Diplomat, Orenburg Prefect, and Senator I. I. Nepliuev (1693-1773) tells about the life of Russian marine guards in Venice and Spain, where he studied in 1717-19, his meetings with Peter I in 1721, his activities in Constantinople, Orenburg and Petersburg. Supplemented by letters, documents, glossary and indices of names and places.