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The novel "Favorite" is a multifaceted work in which a huge layer of historical reality is raised, a broad canvas of life in Russia in the second half of the 18th century is given. The author depicts the era through the prism of the actions of the protagonist - His Serene Highness Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin-Tavrichesky, favorite of Catherine II, a complex person, in many ways contradictory, but, of course, talented and intelligent, who resolutely interfered in state affairs and saw his duty in serving Russia.