Open AccessProject about medals by Francesco Algarotti
Author(s) -
Marina Tretyakova
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
izvestiâ saratovskogo universiteta. novaâ seriâ. seriâ istoriâ. pravo. meždunarodnye otnošeniâ/izvestiâ saratovskogo universiteta. novaâ seriâ. seriâ istoriâ. meždunarodnye otnošeniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2542-1913
pISSN - 1819-4907
DOI - 10.18500/1819-4907-2022-22-1-50-56
Subject(s) - reign , prestige , power (physics) , history , art history , classics , economic history , political science , law , philosophy , politics , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
The article discussesthe project aboutthemedals ofFrancesco Algarotti. In his «Essay on RussianHistory inMedals», Algarotti proposed to perpetuate important events in the history of Russia in medals, thus noting the periods of the reign of Peter I, Anna Ioannovna, Elizabeth Petrovna, Catherine II. The author of the article comes to the conclusion that Algarotti’s essay contributed to the creation of an objective image of Russia in the eyes of the enlightened part of Europeans and strengthened the prestige of Russia as a power.