Among the brilliant associates of Catherine II, who contributed to her accession and glorified the reign of the empress, a special place belongs to E.R. Dashkova. A man of rare giftedness, boundless opportunities, E.R. Dashkova was marked by "the seal of an undoubted mind and a thirst for more exalted delights, which is the lot of only selected natures. "I. Novikov is a major figure in the history of Russian literature and enlightenment. All educated society knew him. He managed to "ignite and sustain that divine fire that... brighter and weaker, but continuously burns in society and reminds him that humanity should not live on a single bread."