Rules of the educated monarch in "Memories of Catherine II"

In the article the problem of forming in Catherine II's consciousness standard rules of behavior of the educated sovereign, most brightly presented in the work «The Notes of the Empress Catherine II» is investigated. The art and literary basis of "The Notes", despite their documentary visibility, met the Empress's tasks of creating a moral and rationally thinking image of the monarch which was constructed due to her own internal reflexive activity.