Levesque, Pierre-Charles. The history of Russia. [Vol. 1 – 8]. – Hamburg: P.F. Fauche et compagnie, 1800. A fundamental work by the French historian Pierre-Charles Levesque (1736-1812), covering the period of Russian history from ancient times to Paul I. At the turn of the 18th-19th centuries. before the publication of “History of the Russian State” by N.M. Karamzin’s work by Leveque was one of the main textbooks on Russian history for both Europeans and the Russian nobility