Russkie puteshestvenniki v Shveycarii vo vtoroy polovine XVIII - pervoy polovine XIX v.

Dannaya kniga predstavlyaet soboy pervoe v otechestvennoy istoriografii kompleksnoe issledovanie puteshestviy rossiyan v Shveycariyu vo vtoroy polovine XVIII - pervoy polovine XIX v. Etimi puteshestviyami byla zalozhena mnogoletnyaya tradiciya prebyvaniya rossiyan v Shveycarii, sygravshaya znachitel'nuyu rol' v russkoy kul'turnoy i obschestvennoy zhizni. V knige rassmotreny puteshestviya 90 rossiyan so vtoroy poloviny XVIII do serediny XIX v. Obrabotany putevye zhurnaly, dnevniki i memuary puteshestvennikov, proanalizirovany marshruty, podgotovka k puteshestviyu, pokazany osnovnye centry prityazheniya rossiyan v Shveycarii. Osoboe vnimanie udeleno puteshestviyam N.M.Karamzina, kotoromu prinadlezhit zasluga vvedeniya "shveycarskogo mifa" v russkuyu kul'turu, i V.A.Zhukovskogo kak provodnika "al'piyskih" cennostey v russkoy filosofii i obschestvennoy mysli.