Izvestiya of Saratov University.
History. International Relations
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)

socio-political views

At the origins of the social and literary movement of the early XIX century: The Friendly Literary Society

The first quarter of the XIX century is the period of the emergence of various literary salons which had a great influence on the spiritual life of Russian society. Famous poets, prose writers, translators and journalists honed their skills there. The paper considers the Friendly Literary Society which formed in Moscow in January 1801. The author comes to the conclusion that it can be considered a prototype of future literary salons.

The Socio-Political Views of P.‑Sh. Leveque (Problem of Russian «Civilization»)

In the article deals with socio-political views of one of brightest representatives of the French Enlightenment era, the historian of Russia P.-Sh. Leveque. The great interest is the analysis of the views by Leveque on the most urgent problems of state and public arrangement of Russia of the XVIIIth century: the reign of Peter I and Catherine II. In considering the topic judgments of the French historian with the ideals of the one of the leading philosophers of the Enlightenment era, D. Diderot were compared.