связанные с ними полемические заметки – Byli I nebylitsy I svyazannye s nimi polemicheskiye zametki (The stories and Fables, and Polemical Notes Connected to Them) Общества незнающих, ежедневная записка – Obshchestva neznayushchihk, ezhednevnaya zapiska (The Societies of Ignorance, Everyday Notes) Тайна противонелепого общества – Tayna protivonelepogo obshchestva (The Mystery of the Absurd Society) Quotations "In the composition of my comedies, I have taken all my conceptions of character exclusively from my own country, and thus, without quitting home, have found in it alone materials for satire sufficiently abundant for a pen far more practiced than I can ever hope to wield." (Catherine II the Great) See also Catherine the Great Russian opera Russian opera in the 18th century External links Theatre History Of rare music Gore-Bogatyr Kosometovich Inna Naroditskaya, Bewitching Russian Opera: The Tsarina from State to Stage, Oxford University Press, 2012, Reprint 2018 Russian dramatists and playwrights