The first book of the new series "Russian Diaries, Letters, Memoirs" brings us back to the reign of Catherine II, Paul I, Alexander I. Representatives of the old Russian aristocracy who held high court posts, Countess Varvara Nikolaevna Golovina and Prince Theodore Nikolaevich Golitsyn were witnesses to the adoption of the most important foreign policy decisions and domestic political events. The well-aimed, sometimes caustic, characteristics of the reigning persons, persons of the imperial house and court entourage in the memoirs of the barbarian Golovina, the magnificent Russian language of Prince Fyodor Golitsyn make the book very interesting not only for lovers of Russian history, but also fascinating reading for a wide range of readers.