“...Notes and documents about Catherine's revolution of 1762 could easily form a vast library - these events are so well known - but little-known documents are still found on the ancient shelf. Such a curious note from an unknown witness, in terms of language and some features of the story, came across me recently in the Bartenev archives - “The Eighteenth Century”, which have also now become a book rarity. The note is entitled: “The Adventures of Famous St. Petersburg Actions.” Here is this ancient and curious story about those events that the heroine herself revered, and not without reason, as a revolution...”