How did they teach and study in Russia in the 18th century? Eyewitnesses tell about this - Russian and foreign writers, statesmen, scientists, military men, who left memoirs about the “golden age” of Russian history. Among them are the diplomat Count A. R. Vorontsov, the Danish envoy to Peter I - Just Yul, the inventor M. V. Danilov, the scientist and mechanic A. K. Nartov, Metropolitan Platon (Levshin), outstanding writers of Catherine's time G. R. Derzhavin and D. I. Fonvizin, teacher of the heir to the throne Pavel Petrovich - S. A. Poroshin... The book is based on texts from the two-volume publication “Russian life according to the memoirs of contemporaries. XVIII century", published in 1914. These texts were expanded, verified according to primary sources and supplemented with commentaries.