Master of the Russian land? Autocracy and bureaucracy in the modern era
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Master of the Russian land? Autocracy and bureaucracy in the modern era
9.99 €
In 1897, during the first All-Russian census, Nicholas II in the questionnaire column "occupation" wrote the famous words: "Master of the Russian land". But despite the formal omnipotence of the Russian autocrat, he was very limited in the freedom of activity on the part of the bureaucratic apparatus. The Russian bureaucracy - in the absence of legal institutions restraining it - became truly omnipotent. The book by the famous historian Kirill Soloviev gives a convincing collective portrait of the "ministerial oligarchy" of the late 19th century and a detailed description of some of the brightest representatives of this class (M. T. Loris-Melikov, K. P. Pobedonostsev, V. K. Pleve, S. Y. Witte, etc.). The author pays special attention to the mechanisms of state decision-making, conflicts between the bureaucracy and society, intra-ministerial intrigues. The weakness of the administrative vertical with an outwardly rigid bureaucratic system, the officials' poor knowledge of the realities of Russian life, legislative anarchy - all these factors eventually led to the fall of the monarchy. Kirill Soloviev is a Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of History and Theory of Historical Science at Russian State University of Humanities and Sciences. He is the author of three hundred scientific publications, including five monographs on the political history of Russia, the history of parliamentarism, management techniques and the technology of power.
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