Remarkable Oddballs and Originals

"Remarkable Oddballs and Originals" is considered the funniest yet informative book by the famous journalist and writer Mikhail Pylyaev. On its pages, the author paints the images of ordinary people and outstanding figures of Russia of the XVIII–XIX centuries. He tells how both the well-known Suvorovs, Golitsyns, and Tolstys, as well as the forgotten princes, counts, aristocrats, and townsfolk lived, what they were passionate about, and what they laughed at.