Experts believe that special interest to collectors and fans of Russian history will be of handwritten notes Khrapovitsky Alexander Vasilyevich (1749-1801) - statesman and writer, who for 10 years was the State Secretary of the Empress Catherine II. " Pamyatnyya notes A.V.Hrapovitskogo State-Secretary , or eight years of life of Catherine the Great " for a long time were circulated only in manuscript lists. They were first printed in " Notes of the Fatherland " in the years 1821-1828 . , However , with large bills. Therefore still continued to be made handwritten copies of the full ( semiprohibited ) of the text of "Notes ." One can assume that the " handwritten list of " made in 1851 . , Which is presented in the current auction, copied from the original manuscript diary Khrapovitsky and kept by the Emperor Nicholas I, - after all the pages of the manuscript contain congreve imprint a personal seal of the emperor. "Diary" covers the period from 18 January 1782 , in which events are distributed by month and day . The main contents are the author's note that said and did the Empress . The author was able to give some valuable observations , explaining the mood of the Empress Catherine II during the Russian -Swedish war , its relation to the French Revolution , and in general the whole inner life of the Empress in the last period of her reign. But there are enough personal details.
Thus, describing the events in 1782 , Secretary of State briefly and carefully noted in his diary:
" July 18. Closed the door . Mamonov was in the afternoon and , as usual , powder. On the morning of my talk about the fear of Boyar during Elizabeth. The answer is that " all the ends of the blades are dulled and stabbing can not : then cut their nails ..."
August 7 . Rewrote the historical performance , imitation Shakespeare , The Life of Rurik , only the first act.
8 - He lifted , in the morning to sign a rescript to Bulgakov , drove into the city, dined with Pr. G. A.Potemkina , spent the night in the Summer Palace .
9 - Lunch in the country , AA Naryshkin returned to Tsarskoye Selo.
16 - From the common cold were in bed , I read fairy tales.
The manuscript , which represents the value of the museum , estimated at 700-800 thousand rubles .
The manuscript , which represents the value of the museum , estimated at 700-800 thousand rubles .
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