Originally published in Russian as: Mify imperii : literatura i vlastʹ v ėpochu Ekateriny II.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Coup d'état as cross-dressing -- Astraea's coming to the Russian throne -- Catherine the healer -- Toppling the Bronze horseman -- The war in Greek garb -- The birth of Felitsa -- Politics as carnival in Derzhavin's Ode to fortune -- Ridiculing the monarch