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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Svetskie Tseremonialy v Rossii XVIII - Nachala XX Veka
[ High society ceremonials in Russia of 18th-early 20th centuries]
Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2001 329 p. [104 ill.] Serie: Rossiia Zabytaia i Neizvestnaia: Rossiiskii Obraz Zhizni Hardcover. 14 x 21.5 cm ISBN: 5227010056 Language: Russian
This book opens a new series Russia Forgotten and Unknown. It describes ceremonies of Russian high society and of the imperial court: imperial visits, horse carousels, balls, masquerades, diplomatic receptions, etc. The author is focused not only on appearance, but also on inner moral and traditional rules and norms of the ceremony, in other words, on its spirit and soul. Oksana Zakharova is a historian of the 18-19th centuries. The book is illustrated with black-and-white materials from the Russian State Library of Arts. Bibliography.
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