From the book of Natalia Zazulina, the reader learns about what happened in Europe at the end of the 18th century and in Russia - in Russia, which was an integral part of Europe. And everyone will be able to compare their knowledge of that time with the evidence from the sources newly presented here. The reader will find many amazing discoveries: textbook figures and events will appear in an unexpected light, previously unknown documents will reveal their secrets, and the usual European-Russian solitaire will only be a consequence of what unfolded on the battlefields and in the silence of diplomatic offices at a time when "a century madly and wisely" gave way to the iron Nineteenth Century.