Excerpts from the manuscript offered to the reader were printed in the Moskvityanin magazine (1852, volume 3). The manuscript belonged to M.P. Pogodin, the publisher and editor of this journal. The author of the manuscript is unknown, but a detailed description of Potemkin's life in Iasi and the holiday that he arranged for Catherine II in the Tauride Palace on May 9, 1791, suggests that the author had the opportunity to closely observe Potemkin's private life. The publication is designed for the general reader.