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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Pravitel`stvo i Obshchestvennost` v Tsarstvovanie Nikolaia II v Izobrazhenii Sovremennika
[ Traits and silhouettes of the past : Government and Society in the reign of Nicholas the Second through eyes of a contemporary]
Introd. and comm. by N.P. Sokolov and A.D. Stepanskii
Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 2000 809 p Serie: Rossiia v Memuarakh Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm ISBN: 5867931099 Language: Russian
Vladimir Gurko (1862-1927), a government official with rightist views, wrote this behind the scenes history of Nicholas II`s reign, his government (1894-1915), portraits of their main ministers, S.Iu. Vitte, V. K. Pleve, P.A. Stolypin, etc, their relationship with society and among themselves. He shares with us his understanding of the reasons for the fall of the autocracy. An abridged version of this book was published in English in 1937. Commentaries, name index.
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