“…Researchers distinguish certain specific features in the perception of Enlightenment ideas in Russia. There is extensive literature on the subject both in English (d’Encausse, 2002; Madariaga, 1981; Rancel, 1975; Wirtschafter, 2009, and others) and in Russian (Gribovskiy, 1864; Klyuchevskiy, 1910; Pisarkova, 2007; Sereda, 2004; Solovyev, 1879, and others).…”