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The political reform of 1730 imposed by the Supreme Secret Council as a condition for Anna Ioannovna to be crowned (after the death of Petr II) was the first one that was intended to limit the Russian monarchy. This monograph analyzes the essence of the reform, the historiography on this subject, the first published documents of the Council, and the potential political meaning of the reform. Appendices (pp. 117-258). Name index. Also available by the same author: Epokha "Dvorskikh Bur`": Ocherki Politicheskoi Istorii Poslepetrovskoi Rossii, 1725-1762 (2003); Vybiraia Svoiu Istoriiu: "Razvilki" na Puti Rossii: Ot Riurikovichei do Oligarkhov (2005); Biron (2006); Povsednevnaia Zhizn` Russkogo Kabaka ot Ivana Groznogo do Borisa El`tsina (2007); Povsednevnaia Zhizn` Tainoi Kantseliarii (2009).