The famous work of the great Russian historian Sergey Mikhailovich Solovyov is the largest achievement of 19th-century Russian historical scholarship. S.M. Solovyov is “the first among equals” in a galaxy of outstanding Russian historians that includes N. Karamzin, V. Klyuchevsky, N. Kostomarov, A. Presnyakov, T. Granovsky, S. Platonov, and many others.
The nineteenth volume of the extensive 29-volume work is devoted to the period from the reign of Empress Ekaterina I Alekseyevna to the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna.