In Tula will present a rare book by Prince San Donato from Paris

Next Tuesday, September 29, in the Tula Regional Museum of Local History will present a rare edition of Anatoly Demidov, Prince of San Donato. The presentation will begin at 12:00, told “MK in Tula” in the press service of the Tula Museum Association.

Anatoly Demidov, Prince of San Donato. Letters on the Russian Empire was first published in Paris in 1840. Almost two centuries later, the publication was translated into Russian. Over the modern version worked writer, Candidate of Historical Sciences and direct descendant of the Demidov dynasty Mikhail Talalai.

Interestingly, the author of the book used the pseudonym Ni-Tag, which refers to Nizhny Tagil. In his letters, Demidov told European readers about different aspects of the life of the Russian Empire. He wrote about the state system, education, economy, science, culture and military affairs.

The new Russian-language edition was published in 2026 in the Moscow publishing house Indrik. Mikhail Talalai was his translator and scientific editor.

The presentation will be held in the Lilac Hall of the Tula Regional Museum of Local History on the first floor at the address: Tula, 68 Sovetskaya Street.

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