Oznakomlenіe with descriptions of puteshestvіy literature of the XVIII century is extremely instructive: puteshestvіya visually reveal the mіrosozertsanіe of their authors, and so? they themselves give the opportunity to pass on the cultural evolyutsіyu that the Russian, mostly noble, society has experienced since the beginning of the tsarstvovanіya of Peter the Great and before vstuplenіya to the throne of Emperor Paul.