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A multifaceted work that raises a vast layer of historical reality, depicting a broad canvas of life in Russia in the second half of the 18th century. The author portrays the era through the actions of the main character (the most illustrious Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin-Tauride, favorite of Catherine II) - a complex, often contradictory person, but undoubtedly talented and intelligent, resolutely intruding into state affairs and seeing his duty in serving Russia.