Giacomo Casanova spoke of himself like this: "I am a libertine by profession." The famous seducer and adventurer left behind 12 volumes of memoirs, calling them "The Story of My Life." This is the most expensive manuscript in the world, acquired in 2010 by the French government for seven million euros. Casanova talks there about his stay in Russia. From this book, the Reader learns about the childhood and youth of the famous lover. About his adventures in the cities of Europe. On the secrets of his sexual power and strategy for winning women's hearts. About the adventures of an adventurer in the vastness of Russia, his meetings with Empress Catherine the Great. About how the "enlightened European" became a serf in Russia and used it in his sexual adventures. And finally, about the bitter, lonely old age, a rogue who possessed 132 women of the High World of Europe, the father of eight illegitimate children. Also, the Reader will be able to familiarize himself with the rare article by Henry Charles "Giacomo Casanova and Catherine II" (According to unreleased documents) from the "Historical Bulletin" of 1885 in the original.