About the book: 2022 / Gabriel Romanovich Derzhavin is the true son of the golden age of Catherine II. An ordinary guardsman of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, “a rake, a spendthrift, a brawler, a gambler,” an officer of the Investigative Commission, a governor, a court secretary of state, a senator, a minister of justice... And of course, a poet. The same “old man Derzhavin” who noticed the lyceum student Pushkin and, “going to his grave, blessed”... The book by the famous author of historical adventure novels Lyudmila Biryuk is addressed to lovers of Russian history. Sign of information products 12+