Abstract Taking Pushkin's epigram “Laisa took a microscope…” and its French origins as a point of departure the article sketches the manifold relationships of various eighteenth-century Russian nobles with Parisian ladies – dancers, actresses, courtisanes, etc. Highly enlightening sources in this respect are the reports of Paris police inspectors to Louis XV.
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