Alexander M. Martin. Enlightened Metropolis: Constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762–1855. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. 344 pp.)

This book is a part of a project on Russian political and intellectual history during the long 18century. Western researches mostly turn their attention to the history of St. Petersburg as a symbol of westernization of Russia, so called "window into Europe" and a pipe which connected Russia with the civilized world. The history of Moscow deserves less attention and usually was concentrated on the period of Ivan the 4(the Terrible) and time of Troubles' aftermath (1598–1613). The book of Alexander Martin is one of the first examples to fill this intellectual gap.

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