1793

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May. Poem "Cupid and Psychea" of G.R.Derzhavin, adapted for the music by the court musician V.A. Pashkevich, in honour of the betrothal of Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich with Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alekseyevna, Princess of Baden, was performed at the Cameron Gallery.

The summer. Every day for two hours G.R.Derzhavin red to Catherine II documents on the case of I.V. Yakobi, the Governor of Irkutsk City, who was accused of some military provocation. G.R.Derzhavin was victorious of this case and Yakobi was recognized innocent but the poet G.R.Derzhavin lost his honour position soon. Alexander I, Emperor
Catherine II, Empress
Derzhavin Gavriil Romanovich
Elizaveta Alexeevna, Empress
Pashkevich Vasily Alexeevich