“Your 18th Century. Your 19th Century. The Verge of the Ages” by N. Ya. Eidelman. Saint Petersburg: Azbuka; Azbuka-Attikus, 2023. 800 p. (Non-Fiction. Big Books): Book review

Abstract

In the reviewed book by Natan Yakovlevich Eidelman – a historian, literary critic, writer, publicist – the internal political life of Russia during the 18th and 19th centuries is widely presented. The book introduces readers to interesting events of Russian history, outstanding personalities, bright works of fiction, and fascinates with deep reflections on the development of Russian statehood, Russian free-thinking and the Russian intelligentsia.