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Vera Proskurina, The Imperial Script of Catherine the Great: Governing with the Literary Pen (Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2023). 220 pp., ill. Bibliography. Index. ISBN: 979-88-8719-176-8
Ab Imperio. 2024. Т. 25. № 1. С. 191–197.
Новикова А. Д.
This paper examines the new book "The Imperial Script of Catherine the Great: Governing with the Literary Pen" authored by Vera Proskurina.
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