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Notes follow in document order. 1. Under No. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8, reports of K. P. Pobedonostsev to Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich on the affairs of the Voluntary Fleet Society are printed. In 1878, the private Society of the Voluntary Fleet was formed, which in wartime could perform cruising service, and in peacetime would serve commercial purposes, engaging in merchant shipping. Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich took over the patronage of the Voluntary Fleet. Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev, who was at that time a member of the State Council and a senator, and stood close to the Tsarevich as one of his teachers, was approved as the Chairman of the Main Board of the Society. From a young age, the Tsarevich maintained a correspondence with Pobedonostsev, which is printed below, and repeatedly used Pobedonostsev’s style for his responses to various institutions and individuals. In his first report, Pobedonostsev mentions a draft rescript on behalf of the Tsarevich to the Moscow Exchange Committee for donations to the Voluntary Fleet. Vasily Vasilyevich Bakhtin was an inspector of the Voluntary Fleet, while simultaneously serving as a company commander in the naval cadet corps. Ivan Egorovich Zabelin, Muscovite, famous historian and writer, later director of the Russian Historical Museum. The article by Zabelin mentioned here was published in the magazine “Russian Archive” in 1872 under the title: “Minin and Pozharsky. Straight and curved in the Time of Troubles,” and in the same place: “Explanation to the article: Minin and Pozharsky,” in response to Kostomarov. The line above the report signed “A” and the signature on the left side belong to Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich. The form of Pobedonostsev’s relations with the Tsarevich, and then Emperor Alexander Alexandrovich, developed in this form: Pobedonostsev sent a short written report on this or that matter, and Alexander Alexandrovich returned it to him with a short resolution. The content of the resolution determined the further fate of the matter: hau 1 it was consigned to oblivion or clothed in legislative forms. 2. The Voluntary Fleet steamer "Nizhny Novgorod" set off for Sakhalin from Odessa with 600 exiled convicts and cargo, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Mikhail Ivanovich Kazn. 3. The commander of the steamship “Nizhny Novgorod” M.I. Kazn reported about sailing in the Red Sea: “With the entrance to the Red Sea, the temperature in the shade on the upper deck, already at 8 o’clock in the morning, reached. 27 o and at noon 30 o, and in the sun 39 o. In the convicts' quarters it reached up to 35 o, and the same amount was noticed in the engine room; in the fire department the temperature reached 40 o. At such a high temperature, often without the slightest movement of wind, staying not only below, but also on the upper deck, became unbearable. With all the precautions, there were still eight cases of semi-fainting, which ended safely. The behavior of exiled convicts continues to be impeccable.” Another Voluntary Fleet steamship "Russia" was sailing in the Black Sea, and the Board of the Society wanted [the Viceroy of the Caucasus and the commander of the Caucasian army, Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich, the emperor's brother, to travel on it. Alexander II Nikolaevich. "Eriklik" is a warship of the Maritime Ministry. 4. The letter was written by Pavel Dmitrievich Golokhvastov. Golo-khvastov was the son of a trustee of the Moscow educational district and the brother of the writer Dmitry Dmitrievich. He was a justice of the peace in the Zvenigorod district, and then managed the Tashino ironworks in the Arzamas district and died in Moscow in 1892 on June 4. He authored several works, published mainly after his death and dealing with his favorite topic of the Zemsky Sobor. The end of this letter, with abbreviations and changes, was published in the Russian Bulletin magazine for 1905, February, 746–750 pp. There are two marks on the letter. The first was written by Emperor Alexander II. Along with Golokhvastov’s letter, the Tsarevich invited him to read the speech of Dmitry Fedorovich Samarin in the Moscow provincial zemstvo assembly. The second note was written by Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich, returning Golokhvastov’s letter to K.P. Pobedonostsev, from whom he received this letter to read. 5. The report of K. P. Pobedonostsev reports on the new edition of his professorial work in the department of civil law: “Course of Civil Law,” which he read when he was a professor at Moscow University and then revised. In the resolution, the Tsarevich reports his note on the affairs of the Voluntary Fleet. At this time, the Administration of the Voluntary Fleet was concerned about the military manning of its ships’ crews and government subsidies. Dmitry Alekseevich Milyutin was the Minister of War at this time, later a field marshal and count, a participant in the reforms of Emperor Alexander II. 6. In his report, Pobedonostsev talks about one of his active employees in the Voluntary Fleet Society, Nikolai Mikhailovich Baranov. Varanov was a captain of the second rank and aide-de-camp in the naval service. Apparently, the matter is about a change in Baranov’s service and his transition from naval to military. Soon this was fulfilled, and soon General Baranov was appointed mayor of St. Petersburg. He served in this place for a short time; he was transferred by the governor to Arkhangelsk, and then to Nizhny Novgorod. 7 and 8. The reports concern the case of the Voluntary Fleet, the acquisition of a new submarine, equipped by Dzhevetsky and supported by Baranov. Apparently, this type of boat was not accepted by the Voluntary Fleet, although there were funds to purchase it (see letter 9). 9. The letter was written by Samuil Solomonovich Polyakov, a famous railway builder, large capitalist and philanthropist. Nikolai Andreevich Ermakov was at that time the director of the Department of Trade and Manufactures of the Ministry of Finance and an influential member of St. Petersburg charitable organizations patronized by members of the royal family. 10. The letter was written by Prince Sergei Nikolaevich Urusov, chairman of the department of laws of the State Council, senator and chief manager of the II department of His Majesty’s own chancellery. He read Golokhvastov’s note (see No. 4) and reports to Pobedonostsev about his impression. 11. Pobedonostsev’s report concerns the accompanying letter and note from Pavel Grigorievich von Derviz. P.G. was a major railway concessionaire and builder, as well as a major benefactor. His articles on the railway business are known in the press. 12 and 13, A letter and a note or an excerpt from an unpublished work on Russia were written by P. G. von Derviz and, apparently, did not lead to the practical implementation of his proposal. 14. The letter was written by Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich regarding the congratulations brought by K.P. Pobedonostsev on the birthday of the Tsarevich’s daughter Ksenia Alexander Aries. Baranov's project N.M. concerned the replacement of battleships with light cruisers, and this part of the project was discussed by the Administration of the Voluntary Fleet. As for the other part of the project about intercession for the Greeks, information about it has not been preserved in the press. 15. The Tsarevich’s letter speaks of the death of the writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. Count Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov was the political dictator of the last days of the reign of Alexander N. He was given the authority to fight the liberation movement, and he believed to achieve reconciliation of social forces with the monarchy through political concessions not exceeding the introduction of a constitution and parliament in Russia. With the accession of Alexander III and the turn of the political course towards autocracy, Loris-Melikov left the government scene and no longer played any role on it. 16. The letter is not dated. The contents of the letter undoubtedly convince us that it was written by Alexander III, shortly after his accession to the throne, in response to the “heartfelt letter” of K. P. Pobedonostsev. A rough draft of this letter from Pobedonostsev has been preserved and is printed below under No. 23 on pages 45–46. 17. K.P. Pobedonostsev’s report was accompanied by a “loyal” telegram from Ufa. The report with the resolution: “to thank” returned to Pobedonostsev, and the telegram remained in Gatchina, the residence of the new emperor. 18 and 19. The letters of Alexander III clearly indicate his desire to use Pobedonostsev’s advice. 20. A. III’s letter dated March 20 serves as an official invitation to Pobedonostsev to become his closest advisor. Here the first responsible assignment is given to Pobedonostsev - to convince Baron Nikolai to accept the post of Minister of Public Education. From subsequent events it is clear that the goal was achieved and the order was carried out. Baron Alexander Pavlovich Nikolai was the Minister of Public Education. Baron Nikolai himself openly speaks about his preliminary service in this ministry, and then in the Caucasus, and about his preparation for the ministerial post in a statement on March 21 (see No. 118, pp. 156–158). 21. Letter from A. III puts K.P. Pobedonostsev in the position of unofficial chairman of the committee. ministers. Call bar. Nikolai, obviously, was needed to hear consent to a new appointment. 22. A. III's letter, apparently, was a response to Pobedonostsev's warning about the danger of appointing Litvinov as commandant of the royal residence. General Nikolai Pavlovich Litvinov, who had previously served in the imperial headquarters, was appointed its commandant, but A. III himself clearly speaks of the significance of such a promotion. Count Vorontsov, mentioned in the letter, was apparently prompted by Pobedonostsev. Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov, who served in the main headquarters with the rank of lieutenant general, was soon appointed head of the main apartment, and then minister of the court, in place of General Count Alexander Vladimirovich Adlerberg. 23. Pobedonostsev’s draft letter to the new emperor was written on March 1, 1881. This is evidenced by the three words of the first line: “this is a terrible day.” The Marble Palace was the residence of the uncle of the new emperor, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, who was considered politically unreliable and supported the constitutionalists. A draft report by K. P. Pobedonostsev A. III on his impressions after the meeting of the Committee of Ministers with the Emperor on March 21 was also published here. This report makes the first mention of the manifesto, which appeared only on April 29 and finally determined the policy of the new reign. 24. Pobedonostsev’s report refers to those involved in the regicide case: Rysakov, Zhelyabov, Kibalchich, Mikhailov, Perovskaya and Gelfman Gesyu. Incidentally, Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy asked the Tsar for them (see below No. 136). Count Sergei Grigorievich Stroganov, a member of the State Council and chairman of the Archaeological Commission, gained fame through the position of trustee of the Moscow educational district, which he held under Emperor Nicholas I. 25. In the case of Butashevich-Petrashevsky about the overthrow of the state structure, 23 people were brought in and convicted. Among them was the later famous writer F. M. Dostoevsky (see above No. 15). 26. A. III retained patronage over the Voluntary Fleet after his accession to the throne (see No. 46). 27. Karamzina Elizaveta Nikolaevna, daughter of a historiographer, born in 1821, maid of honor of the highest court. The Ministers of Internal Affairs, Count M. T. Loris-Melikov (see No. 15), the military man D. A. Milyutin (see No. 5), the Chairman of the Department of Economy of the State Council and a member of the Committee of Ministers, and then the Minister of Finance, Alexander Aggeevich Abaza, soon left their posts without changing their previous line of behavior during the new reign. The Emperor's brother, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, was of the opposite direction. 28. The letter from Paris was obviously returned, and not even a copy of it remained in Pobedonostsev’s papers. The manifesto was published two days after this letter, precisely on April 29, and it finally defined autocratic government (see No. 32). 29. The telegram speaks of a draft manifesto drawn up by Pobedonostsev and published on April 29 (see No. 28), after a meeting of ministers with Count Loris-Melikov (see No. 30 and 31). 30. Program of the meeting on April 28 with the Minister of Internal Affairs, Count Loris-Melikov, sent to all ministers [and other members of the Committee of Ministers. At the end of the meeting, a manifesto on autocracy was read (see No. 31 and 32). 31. A short sketch of what happened at the ministerial meeting (see No. 30). The sketch was written in rough form by Pobedonostsev on the meeting program (see No. 30). Nabokov Dmitry Nikolaevich - Minister of Justice. About Loris-Melikov and Abaza, see No. 27. 32. Draft manifesto of April 29, 1881, written by Pobedonostsev, which decided the fate of A. II’s ministers, who remained during the new reign, and set a limit to the expectations of the constitution. 33. Pobedonostsev’s report mentions N.M. Baranov, who at that time was the mayor of St. Petersburg (see No. 6). His immediate superior was the Minister of Internal Affairs, Count Loris-Medikov (see No. 15). 34. In a note by an unknown author, General Fedor Fedorovich Trepov is mentioned several times. When he was the mayor of St. Petersburg, Vera Zasulich shot him. Goldenberg - member of the Lipetsk Congress on June 17 - 21, 1879, participant in the terrorist attacks on the Kharkov governor Kropotkin on March 9, 1879, on Alexander II on April 2, 1879, on him through a tunnel under the railway track in November 1879; arrested in Elisavetgrad on November 14, 1879. Zhelyabov participated in the assassination attempt by undermining Malaya Sadovaya; the tunnel was opened on March 4, 1881, Zhelyabov was arrested on March 8. Baranov N.M., see No. 33. Count Loris-Melikov in January 1879, when the plague appeared in Vetlyanka, was appointed temporary governor-general of Astrakhan, Saratov and Samara. On April 18 of the same 1879, he was sent to Kharkov as a temporary governor-general of 6 provinces with unlimited powers to eradicate sedition. On February 12, 1880, he was appointed to the post of head of the Supreme Administrative Commission for the same purpose, and in August 1880, upon the abolition of this commission, he was appointed Minister of the Interior with extensive powers that placed him in a leading position among other ministers. 35. Abaza A. A. has been the Minister of Finance since 1880, see No. 27. Nabokov is the Minister of Justice, see No. 31. Ignatiev Nikolai Pavlovich, count, spent almost his entire life in diplomatic service in the countries of the Middle and Far East. He signed the Treaty of San Stefano with Turkey. In 1881, from March to May, Ignatiev was Minister of State Property; from May 1881 to May 1882, he was Minister of Internal Affairs. After his resignation, he did not take an active part in the service. Nikolai Khristianovich Bunge was a professor of police law at Kiev University, wrote a lot on financial and economic issues, was a teacher of the royal children, and in 1880 was appointed associate minister of finance, and in 1881 - minister of finance. Milyutin D. A. - Minister of War (NoA" 27 and 31). 36 and 37. The attachments to the letters have not survived. 38. Peschurov Alexey Alekseevich, admiral, minister of naval after Admiral Stepan Stepanovich Lesovsky, under whom Peschurov was a fellow minister. Alexey Alexandrovich, brother of A. III, was appointed admiral general, in place of the emperor's uncle, Konstantin Nikolaevich (see No. 23). 39 and 40. The addresses and note mentioned in the letters have not survived. The newspaper “Rus” was published by Ivan Sergeevich Aksakov, a famous publicist and Slavophile, who, however, held independent convictions and was not a member of any circles or parties. Nikolai Nikolaevich Galkin-Vrasky, a member of the Kazan Court Chamber, published in No. 34 of the Rus newspaper for 1881, July 4, on pages 15–16, “Letter to the editor regarding the note of K. S. Aksakov.” Galkin-Vrasky strongly objects to the Zemstvo Sobor and recommends written statements from Zemstvo leaders to the Ministry of Internal Affairs about the benefits and local needs and abuses, in order to bring them to the attention of the Tsar. 41. Draft speech proposed by Pobedonostsev to Emperor Alexander III for delivery in the Kremlin Palace during a visit to Moscow. 43. Count Alexander Vladimirovich Adlerberg was the Minister of the Court and was replaced by Count I. I. Vorontsov - Dashkov. The rescript was given upon Adlerberg's dismissal. General Otton Burkhardovich Richter was in the retinue of Emperor Alexander III and managed the imperial headquarters. 44. In Pobedonostsev’s report, under the guise of a “hermit” and an “elder”, of course, the famous elder Fyodor Kuzmich, in whose person some saw the allegedly hidden Emperor Alexander I and about whom there is a whole legendary literature. 45. Rough draft of Pobedonostsev’s letter to A. III on the occasion of the end of 1881. Rachinsky, Sergei Aleksandrovich, mentioned in it, was a professor of botany at Moscow University and, from a young age, exchanged his professorship for teaching at a rural school, on his family estate of Tatev, Velsky district. Smolensk province. Friendly ties with Pobedonostsev allowed Rachinsky to play a major role in the establishment of church schools. Vasiliev Joseph Vasilievich, archpriest, was the chairman of the educational committee at the Holy Synod. 46. A. III’s letter was obviously a response to Pobedonostsev’s letter No. 45. For the Voluntary Fleet, see No. 26 and No. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8. 47. Pobedonostsev’s review of the Russian court was prompted by an unknown “note” on the same subject. Pobedonostsev had a completely negative attitude towards the forms in which public proceedings took place. This review expresses Pobedonostsev’s view on the importance of the court in the state, and he maintained this view unchanged until the end of his public service. Count Dmitry Nikolaevich Bludov was born in 1785 and, already a 75-year-old man, in 1861, became chairman of the State Council and the Committee of Ministers. Vladimir Petrovich Butkov was Secretary of State at that time and, together with Vludov, compiled a report on the procedure for considering judicial reform projects in the State Council. According to the report, Butkov, at the head of the commission, drew up all the draft judicial statutes. Prince Pavel Pavlovich Gagarin was born in 1789 and at the age of 73 in 1862 he was appointed chairman of the department of laws and joint departments of the State Council and considered the main provisions of judicial reform. In 1864, he was appointed chairman of the State Council and under him the final review of judicial statutes took place. Count Modest Andreevich Korf (b. 1800) since 1861 was the chief manager of the II department of His Majesty's own chancellery, and since 1864 the chairman of the department of laws of the State Council. He assumed these positions after twelve years as director of the Public Library. Together with Gagarin, he took part in both peasant and judicial reforms. 48. Pobedonostsev’s draft report on the announcement of an amnesty for political emigrants. Pobedonostsev believed that the attention of young people to political affairs is aroused and supported by the periodical press. Hence his condescension towards young people and his call for restrictions on the press. See No. 170, paragraph 10. 49. The first line concludes the resolution of A. III at the next address of the parishioners of the Moscow Trinity Church. This parish had its own printing house for reprinting old printed church books published before Patriarch Nikon. The income of the printing house made it possible to include it among the members of the donors of the Voluntary Fleet Society, which was under the patronage of A. III. 50. A review of the activities of the St. Petersburg police for 70 days, starting from March 9, belongs to N. M. Baranov, the St. Petersburg mayor from that date. The review contains a detailed list of persons detained during this period with information about them and the charges against them. Presnyakov was executed on November 4, 1880. At the end of the review there is partly a program of action for the St. Petersburg mayor for the future. 51 and 52. Draft manifestos on the eradication of sedition. The first, No. 51, belongs to the pen of the St. Petersburg mayor N.M. Baranov, the second, to Prince Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg, who presided over the department of civil and spiritual affairs of the State Council for matters of special importance. 53. The letter to Pobedonostsev was written by A. III’s brother, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. He was returning from a trip to Palestine as chairman of the Palestine Society. There he spent May 22, the day of the death of his mother, Empress Maria Alexandrovna. v For many years, the rector of the Russian mission in Jerusalem was Archimandrite Antonin, who cared a lot about Russian pilgrims and was known for publications on Palestinian studies. 54–57. Letters from Count M. T. Loris-Melikov, Minister of Internal Affairs, to Pobedonostsev (see No. 15). No. 54 reports on a meeting in the Committee of Ministers, the chairman of which was Count Pyotr Aleksandrovich Valuev. No. 56 mentions Baranov N.M., the St. Petersburg mayor. Prince Golitsyn is the editor of the newspaper “Warsaw Diary”. 58–90. Letters from Count Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatiev, Minister of Internal Affairs (see No. 35), from May 4, 1881. In No. 58, undated, there is, of course, an order to appoint Ignatiev as Minister of Internal Affairs; the appointment followed on May 4, 1881. 59. Alexey Sergeevich Suvorin, publisher of the newspaper “Novoe Vremya,” was not an independent political thinker, while A. A. Kraevsky, publisher of the newspaper “Golos,” was always of a certain, so-called liberal direction. Pobedonostsev reproached Ignatiev for weakness in relation to Kraevsky (see No. 64). Tyutcheva Ekaterina Fedorovna, sister of the poet Ivan Fedorovich Tyutchev, was a maid of honor and on friendly terms with Pobedonostsev. Their correspondence has been preserved, rich in materials on the history of the life of high society in the second half of the 19th century. The unreliable poster with the word “liturgy” was not preserved in the correspondence. 60. About E. F. Tyutcheva, see No. 59. Lyubimov Nikolai Alekseevich, professor at Moscow University. His case is described in detail in the note of Baron Nicholas X” 212. 61. Sergievsky Nikolai Alexandrovich was a trustee of the Vilna educational district. 62. Kozlov, as can be seen from letter No. 74, was the chief police officer in St. Petersburg, and he was responsible for permitting shows and festivities. Skobelev Mikhail Dmitrievich, hero of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877–1878, delivered a patriotic speech to the Serbian students who introduced themselves to him in Paris. The Russian government was frightened by international complications and took measures to ensure that the speech was talked about less in the Russian press (see No. 250). In 1882, on April 5, the highest order was announced prohibiting military personnel from making speeches and judgments of a political nature and the prohibition of persons in the public service from publishing works on the external and internal relations of Russia without the permission of their superiors was confirmed. For the reception of A. III Skobelev, see No. 179. 63. Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov, publisher of Moskovskie Vedomosti, who sharply and straightforwardly defended his state views in the newspaper and thereby caused many unpleasant moments to the St. Petersburg ruling spheres (see his letters in this edition). Prince Vladimir Andreevich Dolgorukov from 1865, for more than 25 years, was the Moscow governor-general, enjoying the sympathy of the population. In St. Petersburg they looked at him as a Moscow patrimonial owner, and took into account his orders (see No. 77, 338, 349). Grigory Pavlovich Galagan was appointed a member of the State Council not from the bureaucracy, I am from the local people. His connection with the bureaucracy was limited to the fact that he had previously been an honorary trustee of the Pavel Galagan Collegium in Kiev. In 1881, during the second call of “informed people” on the issue of peasant resettlement, Galagan was invited to St. Petersburg among 32 local leaders who, on the initiative of Ignatiev, convened twice in 1881. In the spring, 12 people were called for the first time to discuss the issue of reducing redemption payments. Ignatiev, at the opening of the meeting of the second call, himself expressed the objectives of the new matter: zemstvo knowledgeable people are invited so that the most vital issues of the country are not resolved without listening to local leaders who are well acquainted with the actual state of affairs. 64. Baron Alexander Pavlovich Nikolai, see No. 20, lived out his last days as Minister of Public Education: the progress of reforms in his ministry was suspended, commissions, with the participation of knowledgeable persons elected from various corporations, were dissolved. Kraevsky Andrei Aleksandrovich, publisher of "Voice", see No. 59, was since 1879, upon the election of the St. Petersburg City Duma, chairman of the commission on public education in St. Petersburg. Ostrovsky Mikhail Nikolaevich - Minister of State Property (see No. 68). 65. Albinsky Piotr Pavlovich, adjutant general, was the Warsaw governor-general and commander of the troops of the Warsaw military district. The management of his region, in the opinion of the new government, strengthened the influence and position of the Poles in the General Government and especially in the local institutions of the region, see No. 294. 66. Punitive measures against the press began only in 1882: on January 8, “Order” was suspended and on January 30, the editors (M. M. Stasyulsvich) refused to publish the newspaper due to censorship restrictions. On March 24, Moscow Telegraph (Rodzevich) was closed for 4 months. 67. The note on redemption payments was developed by a meeting of knowledgeable persons (see No. 63), and the monotonous ruble discount triumphed over the principle of proportionality of redemption payments with the profitability of the land. 68. Ignatiev talks about the collapse of his note on ransom payments (No. 67) in the State Council, and council member General Alexander Egorovich Timashev failed (see No. 105). From 1868 to 1877, Timashev was the Minister of Internal Affairs, introduced the city regulations of 1870, transformed peasant institutions in 1874 and subordinated the provinces of the Polish kingdom to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Under him, prohibitions on the retail sale of periodicals began to be applied. The Chairman of the State Council was Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich. Mikhail Nikolaevich Ostrovsky was the Minister of State Property and was close to Pobedonostsev. Stoyanovsky Nikolai Ivanovich, member of the State Council, a remarkable judicial figure who worked a lot in the matter of judicial reforms. Stoyanovsky’s school of law, where they received their education, and the state chancellery, where they served together in 1861, brought them closer to Pobedonostsev. 69. We are talking about stopping another form of expression of public opinion through addresses and written appeals to the authorities. "Voice" of Kraevsky. (see No. (14) a warning was soon given, and on June 25 it was suspended for 6 months (on August 7 Novaya Gazeta was suspended for its solidarity and similarity in appearance with Golos). Prince Pavel Pavlovich Vyazemsky was at that time the head of the main department for press affairs at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 70. The petition of the Old Believers of the Austrian consent for their bishops imprisoned in the Suzdal monastery was respected, and in all likelihood, precisely on August 30, 1881. At least on September 8, 1881, three Old Believer bishops were released from the Suzdal monastery: Arkady, Gennady and Konon. Apparently, this was the first step of the new reign, which stopped religious persecution. 71. At the beginning of the letter, we talk about limiting public proceedings and introducing administrative dismissals of officials. On September 4, 1881, the governors-general and the minister of the interior were given the right to eliminate the “public examination of any court case,” the public consideration of which could serve as a reason to agitate minds and disrupt order. Ignatiev speaks rather timidly in a letter to Pobedonostsev about the Little Russian language. In fact, Ignatiev’s circular in 1881 made minor, albeit, relief for Ukrainian literature: Sophocles’ “Antigone”, Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, several popular brochures were published, and it was allowed to stage plays in the Little Russian language. It is possible that in the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the representation of the head of the Main Directorate for Press Affairs, Prince P. P. Vyazemsky, has been preserved (see No. 69). Ignatiev’s participation in the settlement of church feuds on the Balkan Peninsula and in the separation of the Bulgarian Church from the Patriarchate of Constantinople with an exarch at its head is known. 72. It is impossible to find out what project Ignatiev is talking about in his undated letter. Vasily Alekseevich Bilbasov, a famous historian and publicist, was a permanent employee and de facto editor of the newspaper “Golos” (see No. 64 and 69). 73. For Old Believer bishops, see No. 70. 74. Numerous orders were made to limit performances on holidays and fasts, see No. 62, 280. Kozlov is the Chief of Police in St. Petersburg (see No. 62). 75. Ignatiev speaks about the measures taken to protect A. III as he traveled to Moscow (see No. 41). Prince Vladimir Andreevich Dolgorukov, Moscow Governor-General, see No. 63; General Alexander Alexandrovich Kozlov, Moscow Chief of Police. Baranov Nikolai Mikhailovich, St. Petersburg mayor. 76. About the mines under the bridge, see No. 50. Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Dondukov-Korsakov, who commanded the troops of the Odessa Military District, was transferred to command the Caucasian army. The hero of the Turkish War, Joseph Vladimirovich Gurko, was appointed to command the troops in Odessa. General Alexander Romanovich Drenteln was the Kiev governor-general and, after the abolition of the governor-general, remained in Kiev as commander of the troops of the Kiev Military District. Albinsky P.P., Warsaw Governor-General, see No. 65. The matter of annexing the Uniates to the Orthodox Church was not completed. Bunin - Yakov Ivanovich, transferred from Berdichev police officers to Odessa as a police chief (see No. 220). 77. Birthday girl - Ekaterina Alexandrovna, Pobedonostsev’s wife, November 24. About Bunin, see No. 76, 219 and 220, about Prince Dolgorukov, see No. 75 and 63. Sergievskaya Hermitage near Petrograd, Sergievo station on the Baltic railway. d. 78. To fight terrorists, a “squad” or “voluntary guard” was organized, which included officers of the guard regiments. For its actions, see No. 262 and 263. For Pobedonostsev’s attitude towards the “squad” and its leaders, see No. 207. It is unlikely that this case could have been organized without Ignatiev. In any case, on January 6, 1883, the “voluntary guard” was destroyed. See also No. 83. 79. On November 13, 1881, an attempt was made on the life of General Cherevin. Pyotr Aleksandrovich Cherevin was at that time a comrade of the Minister of Internal Affairs, and then served in the emperor’s convoy and at his court (see No. 85). 80. We are talking about the expulsion of Metropolitan Michael from Serbia. Tikhon was the bishop of Saratov at that time. Unfortunately, the draft agreement with Rome was not preserved in the correspondence (see No. 81). 81. Mosolov Alexander Nikolaevich was the director of the department of spiritual affairs of foreign confessions and, obviously, negotiated with Rome. Butenev Mikhail Apollonovich was the first secretary of the embassy in London. Albinsky P.P. - see No. 65. General Andrei Konstantinovich Heinz was the Kazan governor at that time. Ignatiev exposes his merits in taming the press and refers to the head of the main department for press affairs, Prince P. P. Vyazemsky, subordinate to him (see No. 71. 69). Leonty was the Archbishop of Warsaw. Pobedonostsev visited Warsaw and Kholm on his way to a vacation abroad (for example, see No. 293). 82. Nikolai Karlovich Girs - Minister of Foreign Affairs. About Serbian Metropolitan Michael, see No. 80. He was friendly to Russia and lived peacefully here in exile, although he was not called to the synod. 83. Apparently, we are talking about the demand of the leader Nechaev to convene zemstvo representatives, stated in the Novgorod provincial zemstvo assembly in 1881. A telegram about this was published in Kraevsky’s newspaper “Golos”. Ignatiev, apparently, by the circular means the order of April 5, see note to No. 62. About the “squad”, see note to No. 78. 84. The question of convening an ecumenical council, with the help of Patriarch Gregory of Constantinople, in 1871 (see No. 71), could arise ten years later, on the initiative of Senator Mikhail Konstantinovich Katakazi, or his brother Anton Konstantinovich Katakazi, natives of Bessarabia, where the ecumenical patriarchs had many interests. Ignatiev seemed not to be happy with the arrival of “informed people,” but they were convened solely on his initiative (see X” 63). About the “cathedral”, i.e. about Ignatiev’s dream - the “Zemsky Sobor” (see No. 255). 85. About General Cherevin, see note to No. 79. The coronation was supposed and took place in May 1883, but Ignatiev was no longer in the post of Minister of Internal Affairs at that time. 88–89. Count N.P. Ignatiev, having assumed the post of Minister of Internal Affairs, on the one hand, continued some of the initiatives of his predecessor Count Loris-Melikov, and on the other, laid the foundation for a number of new initiatives to reorganize local institutions and make life easier for peasants. A list of questions was prepared for putting this case on the agenda, and Ignatiev proposed sending this list to the zemstvos for conclusion. A preliminary conclusion was requested from the ministers. Pobedonostsev's conclusion was not preserved in his papers. It can be approximately judged by Ignatiev’s answers in No. 89. 90. Ignatiev’s letter contains a secret order from A. III on the formation of a commission in the event of unrest during his trip to Moscow. The commission was to consist of D. N. Nabokov, M. N. Ostrovsky, K. P. Pobedonostsev and P. A. Cherevin. under the chairmanship of the leader. book Vladimir Alexandrovich. The Minister of Internal Affairs himself, who received this order, was not included in the commission. 91–99. The letters were written by N.M. Baranov (see No. 6). 91. The letter was written following the event of March 1, 1881. It is curious that it was the first time the idea was presented for the new emperor to leave St. Petersburg. As you know, this idea was accepted, and Gatchina soon became the royal residence. Soon Baranov was appointed mayor of St. Petersburg (see No. 50). 92. Mayor Baranov N.M. objects to the interpretation of some of his words in favor of the perpetrators of the event on March 1 (see No. 24). Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov was appointed minister of the court and he was entrusted with the actual protection of the royal residence (see No. 22). 94. For Lieutenant Sukhanov, see No. 50. 95. Baranov N.M. did not hide from Pobedonostsev his hostile relationship with his boss Ignatiev. Baranov's further letters speak only of the deepening of these feelings. Pobedonostsev wrote about all this to the emperor on April 30, however, both Ignatiev and Baranov continued to serve together (see No. 33). 96. The transformation of the police, planned by Ignatiev, did not come true. 97. Baranov’s letter testifies to Pobedonostsev’s attention to police searches, but explanations “about the prisoner” Niger and other agents were not preserved in the correspondence. The court case concerned officials of the city government: technician General Konstantin Osipovich Mrovinsky, head of the department for the protection of public order and tranquility in the capital Vasily Vasilyevich Fursov and bailiff of the Spassky district Pavel Pavlovich Teglev. For Fedorov and Velio, see No. 34. Cherevin - Comrade Minister of Internal Affairs; Count Loris-Melikov - Minister of Internal Affairs. Information about Ignatiev’s relationship with Baranov leaves no doubt that Ignatiev interfered with Baranov and made it difficult for him to fulfill his duties as mayor. 98. Apparently, Baranov is talking about Count Ignatiev (the dacha of the Minister of Internal Affairs on Aptekarsky Island) and Count Vorontsov-Dashkov, the Minister of the Court (see Tsch 92). 99. Baranov’s departure from St. Petersburg meant the end of his career as a St. Petersburg mayor. Alexey Alexandrovich, Grand Duke, appointed to the place of Konstantin Nikolaevich as Admiral General of the Fleet (see No. 38). 100–107. The letters were written by Boris Nikolaevich Chicherin. A famous philosopher and lawyer, he was a professor of state law at Moscow University until 1868, and in 1882–1883. Moscow mayor. He spent most of his life on his estate, the village of Karaul, Kirsanovsky district, Tambov province, and in the work of the local zemstvo. His works: “History of Political Doctrines”, “Course of State Science”, “On National Representation”, “Philosophy of Law”. “Science and Religion” and others put him in the first rank of European thinkers. Chicherin's acquaintance with Pobedonostsev began at Moscow University. 100–101. With this letter, No. 100, Chicherin attached his note “Tasks of the New Reign,” No. 101. In it, he proposes measures for a useful, from his point of view, transformation in the structure of government institutions. For the first time and as a first step, he recommends “involving elected representatives of the nobility and zemstvos in the state council”; “having gathered around itself all the protective elements of the country, the government can boldly enter into the fight against sedition; here is the only possibility of reasonable leadership”; “one deputy from the nobility and two from the zemstvo of each province - this would presumably be the most rational solution to the problem.” Chicherin’s assumption did not come true at that time, obviously because the rule then was to call local people by the government itself (see No. 64). N.A. Milyutin mentioned by Chicherin was Nikolai Alekseevich, brother of the Minister of War Dmitry Alekseevich, a famous statesman. He took part in the organization of peasants during the reform of 1861 and especially in Poland, where, together with Yuri Samarin and Cherkassky, he carried out all the reforms to transfer all the land into the ownership of peasants and to change the entire administration of the region. Until the end of the Troubles, he was Secretary of State for Polish Affairs. He died on January 26, 1872. 102. The railway commission was one of the forms of calling local knowledgeable people to St. Petersburg at that time. Muravyov M.N. On May 1, 1863, he was appointed governor-general in Vilna with emergency powers, and by the measures he took, the Polish rebellion was suppressed by November 1663. “Voice” by A. A. Kraevsky, “Order” by M. M. Stasyulevich and “Country” by Leonid Aleksandrovich Polonsky are anti-government newspapers. 103. Abaza A. A. (see No. 27), Minister of Finance. 104. The note was a protest against Abaza’s project (No. 103), but was not preserved in the correspondence. 106. Samarin Dmitry Fedorovich - zemstvo figure in Moscow and writer, published the works of his brother Yuri Fedorovich. Manifesto - April 29, 1881. Timashev A.E. – see No. 68. 106. For questions raised by the Ministry of the Interior, see No. 88. Fallen statesmen - Loris-Melikov, Abaza, D. A. Milyutin (see No. 31). The salt tax was abolished by the Minister of Finance A. A. Abaza. 107. Experts are knowledgeable people (see No. 63). 108–112. Letters from P.G. f.-Derviz and to him. 108. Letter to the heir, see No. 11. Rachinsky S.A. see No. 45. 109. Resolution of Emperor Alexander III on the form of gratitude to Derviz, see No. 110. 111. Note on finances written by P. G. f. Derviz, was forwarded by Pobedonostsev to Bunge N.Kh., the Minister of Finance, and from him it was returned to Pobedonostsev. Konstantin Vladimirovich Chevkin from 1853 to 1862 was the chief manager of communications. Count Mikhail Khristoforovich Reiter n, from 1858 he managed the affairs of the railway committee, from 1860 he was in charge of the affairs of the financial committee, and from January 23, 1862 he was entrusted with the management of the Ministry of Finance; he remained minister until July 1878. 112. Count Eduard Trofimovich Baranov was the chairman of the department of economy of the State Council. Familiar with the railway business, he was the chairman of the so-called “Baranovskaya” commission, which developed the general charter of the railways. Georgievsky Alexander Ivanovich, a member of the council of the Minister of Public Education, was never a minister - newspaper rumors were not confirmed. 113–118. Letters from Baron Alexander Pavlovich Nikolai to Pobedonostsev. Letters of great interest. They shed completely new light on the moment of Nikolai's appointment as Minister of Public Education. On March 24, 1881, Nikolai was appointed to a ministerial post and remained in it until March 1882. But previously, as it turns out, he not only resolutely refused this appointment (see No. 116), but also submitted a written statement of the reasons revealing his unsuitability for a ministerial position (see No. 118). 113–114. “Commissions” with elected knowledgeable people [were not allowed at this time, and therefore the commission on public education was not allowed (see No. 64). 116. Nikolai names candidates for the post of Minister of Public Education: Prince Andrei Aleksandrovich Liven, manager of the Ministry of State Property, and Comrade Minister of Internal Affairs Mikhail Semenovich Kakhanov, Secretary of State, and Mikhail Evgrafovich Kovalevsky, who at that time was entrusted with the senatorial audit in the Ufa province. Saburov Andrei Aleksandrovich from April 1880 to March 1881 managed the Ministry of Public Education (see No. 350). 119–120. Two business cards of Delyanov with notes for Pobedonostsev. The first mentions Loris - Minister of Internal Affairs, Count M. T. Loris-Melikov. In the second - Nikolai Stepanovich Tagantsev, a famous professor at St. Petersburg University and criminologist, appointed as a member of the consultation at the Ministry of Justice, and Sergei Andreevich Muromtsev, a professor at Moscow University on Roman law. Tagantsev left the university in 1882, and Muromtsev in 1884. On March 16, 1882, I.D. Delyanov was appointed Minister of Public Education. 121. A letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolai Karlovich Girs speaks of the report of the English envoy to the Russian court to his government. The hero of the Turkish War, M.D. Skobelev, performed his last remarkable feat on January 12, 1881 - he took Geok-Tepe in the Akhal-Teke district of the Trans-Caspian region. After this, he was appointed commander of the 4th Army Corps, located along the western Russian border. This is where the foreign envoys wanted to replace him with another person. The English envoy to Russia was Dufferin. 122. The Minister of the Court, Count Vorontsov-Dashkov (see No. 22), sent Pobedonostsev the book “Letters on the current state of Russia, April 11, 1879 – April 6, 1880.” The first edition was published in Leipzig. 123. The author of the book is Rostislav A. Fadeev, a famous writer of Slavophile shade. The letter was written by Makov. Lev Savvich Makov was a fellow minister from 1876, and from 1878 – Minister of Internal Affairs. In August 1880, he ceded his post to Count M. T. Loris-Melikov (see No. 15). A new Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs was formed for Makov, and the Department of Spiritual Affairs of Foreign Denominations was subordinate to it. In 1881, both departments were annexed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Makov was appointed a member of the State Council. In February 1883, Makov committed suicide. Makov writes about a “meeting,” which he also calls a “meeting.” It was attended by Count S. G. Stroganov (see No. 24) and Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, Chairman of the State Council. Based on the totality of these and other data, it was a meeting of all members of the Committee of Ministers, and perhaps some members of the State Council, chaired by the new emperor, on the eve of March 8, when the constitutional project of Count Loris-Melikov, approved by Emperor Alexander II, was discussed. Makov talks about revising the press law. This was one of the liberation measures taken in 1880 by Count Loris-Medikov, on whose initiative a commission was established to revise the laws on the press. 121–125. Two letters from Baron Fyodor Romanovich Osten-Sacken. The baron is known in geographical literature for his travels to the countries of the Far East and Central Asia. From 1870 to 1897, he served as director of the Department of Internal Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His “principal” was N. K. Gire, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. "Berlin Mephistopheles" - Chancellor of the German Empire Bismarck. “Modern Izvestia” is the Moscow newspaper of Nikita Petrovich Gilyarov - Platonov. “Moscow Church Gazette” is an official church organ published by the Society of Lovers of Spiritual Enlightenment. The Koenigsberg Newspaper wrote on May 8, 1881: “In the essay that appeared the other day from Dunker and Humblot - “From Nicholas to Alexander III” - the current emperor is characterized as follows: “None of the sons of the house of Holstein-Hotthorn-Romanov who ascended the Russian throne after Peter the Great brought with them such a stock of experience as 36-year-old Alexander III. The young monarch unites the energy of his grandfather with the humanity of his father; what he did not take away from studying in his youth, he supplemented from experience. The impeccability of his private life, for which he is famous, places him above all his predecessors. Thanks to her, he developed for himself moral rigor, the conscientiousness of a commander and the efficiency of an administrator. While still a young man, he took part in government affairs. In his mature years, he took part in a difficult war and led a detachment. Usually sovereigns see only the bright side of bloody battles, but the son of Alexander II experienced what it means to put the fate of a great state on the edge of a sword. He condemned the mistakes made more severely than all the participants in the war of 1877 and, more ruthlessly than the holder of power himself, made those great and small people who turned out to be unfaithful guardians of the house feel disfavored. Everything that is known about the second son of Emperor Alexander II allows us to conclude that he is efficient and solid - qualities that are more important for a sovereign than a high flight of spirit, bold imagination or pleasant manners.” “The introduction of a constitution, a single representation, will be the beginning of the end for Russia.” 126. The letter was written by Andrei Fedorovich Hamburger, long-time envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Russian mission in Bern, Switzerland. The fruit of his passion for books was a significant library, which became part of the library of the Rumyantsov Museum. The “beginning” of the work of the Swiss scientist was not preserved in the correspondence. 127. K. Katakazi - later a diplomatic agent of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. About him in detail in Dion's letters, below. He wrote to Nikolai Mikhailovich Baranov, the former mayor of St. Petersburg (see his letters No. 91–99). Obviously, Baranov forwarded this letter to Pobedonostsev, wanting to make sure that the rumors about his transfer from St. Petersburg to Arkhangelsk were true. The method of spreading St. Petersburg rumors throughout Europe deserves attention (see No. 297). Letter 128 mentions Count N.P. Ignatiev, Count Loris-Melikov, Baron Velio - see No. 34 and in the notes to their letters. Pobedonostsev sent this letter to Count Ignatiev, see No. 84. 129. The letter was written by Tertiy Ivanovich Filippov, a friend of the state controller, and then a state controller. As the “Epitrop of the Holy Sepulcher,” he was the intercessor of the Eastern patriarchs before the Russian government. And in this letter, through the Minister of Internal Affairs, Count Ignatiev, he is thinking of obtaining a subsidy from the Minister of Finance Bunge for the Patriarch of Constantinople. “A grave sin” is obviously the confiscation of church patriarchal lands in Bessarabia for the Russian treasury. “The policy of the Prince of Bulgaria” (Alexander of Batenberg), to destroy the exarchate and subordinate the Bulgarian church to the Patriarch of Constantinople, was assessed differently by Count Ignatiev - see No. 71. His Grace Savva, Archbishop of Tver, worked a lot in the patriarchal sacristy and library and on the publication of his memoirs. Leontyev Konstantin Nikolaevich is a famous writer and expert on the Middle East. His collected works were published in eight volumes in 1913. Ilyinsky Andrey Grigorievich - director of the economic administration at the Holy Synod. 131. Vyacheslav Konstantinovich von Plehve - director of the state police department, later minister of the interior. “Modern News” - see No. 124. 132. Zubov Alexey Alekseevich, Saratov governor, later Secretary of State and honorary guardian. Shamshin Ivan Ivanovich, was present in the first department of the Senate. 133–134. Two letters were written by Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov, the famous publisher of the newspaper “Moskovskie Vedomosti” and the magazine “Russian Herald” and the founder of the Moscow Lyceum in memory of Tsarevich Nicholas. Unfortunately, there is no specific indication of the nature of the prosecution. Count Loris-Melikov, Abaza and Milyugin were active ministers in the last years of the reign of Alexander II. Count Ignatiev is the minister of the new reign, but did not make a sharp break with his predecessor. See No. 27. Zhelyabov - hanged on March 1, 1881. 135. The letter was written by Vissarion Vissarionovich Komarov, publisher of the small cheap newspaper “Svet”, which received very wide distribution. Nikolai Savvich Abaza, doctor, from the Ryazan governors in 1880 was appointed head of the main department for press affairs. 136. Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, through Pobedonostsev, wrote to Emperor Alexander III about pardoning the perpetrators of the regicide on March 1. 137. Senator of the Land Survey Department Sergei Ivanovich Zarudny, during the era of great reforms, was an active member of the commission for the development of judicial reforms. It was only through his works and knowledge in this area that Butkov and Count Bludov, his closest superiors, gained fame as the creators of judicial statutes (see No. 47). 138. The letter was written by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky, a poet of very great importance in the post-Pushkin era. For a long time he served on the St. Petersburg censorship committee for reviewing foreign literature. He had constant friendly relations with Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, the famous writer. At that time, Turgenev's frequent visits to Russia from abroad, where he lived permanently, were a complete triumph. Turgenev's appearance in St. Petersburg in 1881 alarmed the government, which was obviously afraid of demonstrations in connection with Turgenev's appearance in any public appearances. Grigorovich Dmitry Vasilyevich and Markevich Boleslav Mikhailovich are famous writers who perpetuated Russian life, mainly of the pre-reform era. Stasyulevich Mikhail Matveevich is the publisher of the magazine “Bulletin of Europe” and the newspaper “Order”, which were considered the main organs of the anti-government direction. 139. Count Sergei Dmitrievich Sheremetev is known for his love of historical studies and numerous publications in this area, especially for the Society of Lovers of Ancient Writing and the Russian Historical Society. Bobrinsky Alexey Vasilievich, count, Moscow provincial leader of the nobility. “Order” newspaper by M. M. Stasyulevich, see No. 138. Solovyov Vladimir Sergeevich is a famous philosopher, at that time a professor at St. Petersburg University, which he was soon to leave. Leonid Skrypitsyn is the author of the following letter (No. 140 and note (No. 141). 140–141. Skrypitsyn, see No. 139, recommends that in order to save Russia, among other things, the involvement of local forces in the highest government institutions, which B. N. Chicherin also wrote about, see No. 101. 142. Prince Alexey Vasilyevich Obolensky, lieutenant general, senator for the department of heraldry. 143–144. Prince Vladimir Petrovich Meshchersky, who gained unenviable fame, is the publisher of the newspaper “Citizen”. He was close to both the court and K.P. Pobedonostsev, but lost his friendship after a scandal (see below). Prince Meshchersky talks about the manifesto of April 29, 1881, (see No. 32), in the first letter and in the second - about a special letter to A. III, which, obviously, was handed over to its intended purpose, since it was not preserved in Pobedonostsev’s papers. 145–146. Two letters were written by Anna Fedorovna Aksakova, the wife of Ivan Sergeevich Aksakov (see No. 250), daughter of the famous poet Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, sister of Ekaterina Fedorovna Tyutcheva (see No. 59 and 60). Two merchants of Pavlovsky Posad or two men, apparently, these are Tikhomirov and Labzin, about whom O.K. writes in No. 147. 147. The letter was written by the famous “O. K., a correspondent from London. This is how Olga Alekseevna Novikova, née Kireeva, signed her name. She lived in London and had influence on Gladstone, for which she was called the “Deputy” for Russia. 148. Alexander Alekseevich Kireev, a general who served at the court of Konstantin Nikolaevich, and then Konstantin Konstantinovich. He is known for his theological writings, especially on the Old Catholic question. A. A. Abaza, Minister of Finance, and A. P. Baron Nikolai, Minister of Public Education, soon left their posts (see No. 20 and 27). Golovin Alexander Vasilievich, former Minister of Public Education, the so-called progressive direction. Overbeck (I. I. Overbeck), theologian, supporter of the Orthodox Church. He formed a community of Orthodox Englishmen and composed a liturgy for them of the “Western rite”, and hoped to form “national Orthodox churches of the West”, differing from the Eastern churches only in rituals. His enterprise was not successful. 149. Bishop Alexy, later Archbishop of Lithuania and Vilna, telegraphed State Comptroller T.I. Filippov (see No. 129) about his feelings about the manifesto of April 29, 1881. 150. Count Alexey Egorovich Komarovsky was later the keeper of the Moscow Armory Chamber. Count M. T. Loris-Melikov - Minister of Internal Affairs (see No. 15). 151–156. The head of the Minsk girls' school, Sofia Dmitrievna Arsenyeva, sent Pobedonostsev two letters (NoNos 153 and 154) and attached three letters from Bronislav Lyubichankovsky, who offered Pobedonostsev services in some secret political matter (NoNos 151, 155 and 156). Certificate, No. 152, given by the police department. Professor Alexander Semenovich Trachevsky, mentioned in letter No. 156, is a famous historian, professor at Novorossiysk University. 157. The author of the letter is unknown. Suvorin A.S. – publisher of the newspaper “Novoe Vremya”, see No. 59. “Alarm Clock” is a humorous weekly magazine. Koni Anatoly Fedorovich, now living, is a famous judicial figure, speaker and writer. Count M.T. Loris-Melikov - Minister of Internal Affairs, (see No. 15). Skaryatin Nikolai Yakovlevich, Kazan governor, was dismissed by the auditing senator Kovalevsky (see No. 116) in the case of agrarian unrest; The same senator Kovalevsky initiated a high-profile case about the distribution of Bashkir lands, in which the names of Lashkarev, Tokarev, Kulomzin, Prince Lieven and others appear. 158–160. A set of words from the mentally upset F. L. Romanovich was presented for reading to Emperor Alexander III, who put his resolution on letter No. 158. 161. Count S. G. Stroganov, see No. 24. 162. Yuzefovich Mikhail Vladimirovich was the chairman of the Kiev archaeological commission and published several dozen volumes of the “Archive of South-Western Russia”. “New Minister” – Baron A.P. Nikolai, see No. 64. I. S. Aksakov, see note to No. 39 and 40. 163. Serb A. Vasilyevich saw the reason for all the Russian troubles in the fact that the ministers stayed in their places for a long time. Subsequently, the so-called ministerial leapfrog did not confirm the Serbian diagnosis. 164. The first line contains resolution A. III. The verdict of the rural society was presented by the district leader of the nobility, Prince Yu. S. Khovansky. 165. The letter from the Polish emigrant was presented in translation. The first line states Resolution A. III. The letter was addressed to Pobedonostsev. 166. Ekaterina Vasilievna Obukhova was a member of the board of orphanages in St. Petersburg. “Holy Father” and “Vladyka” Anthony, Archbishop of Kazan, Amphitheaters. Minister of the Court - Count Alexander Vladimirovich Adlerberg. Kister Baron, Karl Karlovich, managed the control and treasury of the court ministry. 167. The Supreme Administrative Commission was established on February 12, 1880 and was headed by M. T. Loris-Melikov, then the Minister of Internal Affairs (see note to No. 15). 168. Letter from a “Russian socialist” sent from London. The correspondent's first and last name are unknown. Prince Peter Alekseevich Kropotkin was not yet in London at that time. 169. Three anonymous notes are printed under this number. Attached to the first is a translation of the opinion of the French deputy Andrieux (Louis Andrieux overthrew Gambeta’s cabinet and in 1881 published the newspaper “Jour”) on the situation in Russia. Mentioned in it: A. A. Kraevsky, publisher of the newspaper “Golos”, Count M. T. Loris-Melikov, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Count. M. N. Muravyov, pacifier of the Polish rebellion (see about them above). The second letter warns of attempts on the life of Princess Yuryevskaya, the morganatic wife of Alexander II, and on Count A.V. Adlerberg, the minister of the court. The third letter recommended the establishment of a supreme committee to control the ministers. Perovskaya and Zhelyabov were executed on April 3, 1681 in connection with the March 1 case. Koni An. Fed., see No. 157. Vera Zasulich shot at mayor Trepov, but was acquitted in court. Mrovinsky, K. O., technician of the city administration, see note to No. 97. Fuchs, Eduard Yakovlevich, senator of the criminal department, was a member of the court for political affairs. Dusso and Borel are St. Petersburg restaurants. Abaza, A. A. – Minister of Finance. Velio, Ivan Osipovich, baron, senator, and formerly director of the postal department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Lieven, Andrei Alexandrovich, prince, until 1881 minister of state property. His colleague at the Ministry of State Property was Anatoly Nikolaevich Kulomzin. By “act”, of course, the distribution of Bashkir lands. Mengden's house on Malaya Sadovaya Street in St. Petersburg and the cheese shop in this house became famous because from here there was a tunnel under the street for an explosion during the royal passage. The undermining had been going on since January; the search took place on February 28 and was discovered on March 4. The idea expressed in paragraph 10 served as the basis for drawing up the amnesty announcement, see No. 48. Drahomanov, Mikhail Petrovich, historian and publicist and Lavrov, Petr Lavrovich. philosopher, Russian emigrants. Zhikharev, Sergei Stepanovich, before his appointment as a senator, was a prosecutor of the Saratov Judicial Chamber. 171. Anonymous letter. Prudnikov, Vasily Yakovlevich, was in the official world in 1881 - he was a judicial investigator in the Saratov district, but did he write to Pobedonostsev? There was also M. Prudnikov, the author of pamphlets on the Polish question, but who was he, where and when did he live and die? Katkov, M. N., publisher of Moskovskiye Vedomosti, see NoNo 133–134. Count Ignatiev, N.P., Minister of Internal Affairs, see NoNo 58–90. Gotovtsev, Dmitry Valerianovich, senator, was in the II department of his own chancellery and then became a comrade of the Minister of Internal Affairs. 172. The telegram of a group of Penza nobles was caused by the manifesto of April 29, 1881 on strengthening the autocracy. 173. Letter from an Orthodox woman, anonymous.! 174. Telegram from the “merchants” of Pavlovsky Posad, about whom A.F. Aksakova wrote to Pobedonostsev (No. 145 and 146) and 0. K. (No. 147). 175. An anonymous letter, with an unusually correct diagnosis. Count M. T. Loris-Melikov, Minister of Internal Affairs. “Voice”, newspaper of A. A. Kraevsky. “Sumburov” - Saburov, A. A., Minister of Public Education. Rector of Moscow University Nikolai Savvich Tikhonravov, vice-rector Vasily Yakovlevich Tsinger, Babukhin, Alexander Ivanovich, professor of embryology, histology, and comparative anatomy. 177. An anonymous letter from a “scientific sociologist.” Count Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov - Minister of Internal Affairs. The fear about Shuvalov's appointment was not confirmed. 178. Anonymous letter. "Moskvich" writes about the message of the synod. see No. 25. “The Great Poet” - Pushkin, A.S., who exchanged poems with Philaret (Metropolitan). Sergievsky, Nikolai Alexandrovich, archpriest, professor of theology at Moscow University. Count Dmitry Andreevich Tolstoy was the Minister of Public Education under Alexander II, and the Minister of Internal Affairs under Alexander III. “St. Petersburg Gazette” has been published since 1877 by V.V. Komarov, see No. 135. Katkov, M. N. – publisher of the newspaper “Moskovskie Vedomosti”. Vera Zasulich - shot at the mayor Trepov and was acquitted by the court, presided over by A.F. Koni. 179. Report of K. P. Pobedonostsev on the reception of M. D. Skobelev by Emperor Alexander III. Pobedonostsev’s previous report, which he mentions in the first lines, has not survived. Stroganov, S. G., count, see No. 24. Count Ignatiev, N.P., Minister of Internal Affairs, successor to Count Loris-Melikov. D. A. Milyutin, former Minister of War (see No. 5). The expedition, of course, was the Ahal-Tekin expedition, brilliantly completed by M. D. Skobelev in January 1881. 180. The letter from Emperor Alexander III to Pobedonostsev was a response to a request from composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky for financial assistance. Tchaikovsky sent his request through Pobedonostsev. He wrote to Pobedonostsev 7: Your Excellency Let me turn to your supportive assistance in a difficult situation in life. Although the matter, the essence of which you deign to learn from the following, has nothing to do with the department subordinate to you, I decided to ask you to be my intercessor before His Imperial Majesty because, firstly, you are the only dignitary close to the sovereign to whom I have the honor of being personally known, and secondly, I know how kind and condescending you are, and therefore I hope that you will forgive the boldness with which I I dare, even for a few minutes, to divert your attention from your government affairs. My request is as follows: In order to get out of the most difficult, difficult circumstances that poison my life to the point that I am not able to devote myself to the work to which I devoted my whole life, I need a very large sum of three thousand rubles. This amount would free me from debts (made out of necessity both by myself and by some of my loved ones) and would return to me that spiritual peace that my soul longs for. Meanwhile, as Your Excellency is well aware, in the past season two of my operas (Eugene Onegin in Moscow and The Maid of Orleans in St. Petersburg) were staged on two imperial stages, both with significant success, giving me reason to hope that they will remain in the current repertoire after the resumption of theatrical activities. As an author, I receive a performance fee established by law. But I will have to wait a long time until the required amount accumulates, and that is what is difficult for me to wait. And so, I was struck by the idea of ​​daring to ask the sovereign to order that from the treasury sums he give me three thousand rubles in silver as a loan, that is, so that my debt to the treasury would be gradually repaid with the payment due to me from the management of the imperial theaters for the performance. If I knew at least one private person who could provide me with the money I need on the same conditions, I would not dare to turn to our most gracious sovereign, but there is no such person among my acquaintances. In addition, I will tell you frankly why I had the courage to decide to take this step. I was told that the Emperor once deigned to speak in the most gracious terms about my musical works. I have no reason not to believe this happy circumstance for me, and so, encouraged by His Majesty’s infinitely flattering attention to my music, I decided to ask him to show me mercy. I don’t dare send my request directly to the Tsar by mail, because I don’t even know whether it is proper in a letter addressed to the Tsar, who is entirely devoted to the care of the state, to set out in all details such an insignificant personal matter. Yes, maybe my very request is inappropriate and indecent. I dare to ask you, dear Konstantin Petrovich, to first resolve this last issue, or to give my petition an appropriate course, or to frankly advise me to refrain from trying to disturb the sovereign with my request. Attached herewith is a brief summary of the essence of my petition to His Imperial Majesty. I earnestly ask Your Excellency to forgive me the courage with which I allowed myself to trouble Vao and at the same time I ask you to accept the assurance of my deepest respect, Address: On the Fastovskaya line, art. Bobrinskaya, the town of Smela, from there to Kamenka. Immediately after receiving your telegram, I wanted to write a letter of gratitude to the sovereign, but did not dare to do so, for fear of reminding myself too often, i.e. not yet knowing well how appropriate it is for me to address myself directly to the sovereign. Now, having received your dear letter, I hasten to carry out your advice, which is so in agreement with the impulse of my soul. I am deeply touched by the form in which the sovereign’s attention to my request was expressed. I am afraid that my letter does not express strongly enough what I feel in my heart. But it is so difficult to express in words the feeling of tenderness and love that the sovereign arouses in me. And to you, dear Konstantin Petrovich, I cannot express enough how your kindness touches me. Your grateful and deeply respectful Pobedonostsev apparently submitted a report to the emperor about this request from Tchaikovsky and received response No. 180. 181. Tchaikovsky’s second letter to Pobedonostsev was a response to Pobedonostsev’s notification that his request had been accepted. 182. Second letter from Emperor Alexander III to Pobedonostsev regarding Tchaikovsky’s request. The Emperor, along with the letter, sent Pobedonostsev three thousand rubles for Tchaikovsky, which Tchaikovsky needed, as a non-refundable allowance. 183. Tchaikovsky’s third letter to Pobedonostsev was caused by Pobedonostsev’s dispatch regarding the satisfaction of Tchaikovsky’s request. 184–200. Letters and telegrams from Emperor Alexander III to K.P. Pobedonostsev for 1882. 184–185. No attachments have been preserved for the first two letters from 1882, and therefore it is difficult to establish the reasons for writing these letters. 186. Count N.P. Ignatiev, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Baron A.P. Nikolai, Minister of Public Education. The Public Education Commission was declared subject to dissolution, see No. 64, due to the participation of elected representatives in it. Abbess Maria was the abbess of the Epiphany Monastery in Kostroma. Ksenia Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess, daughter of Al. III. 187. Archbishop Alexander of Lithuania apparently reported on the machinations of Catholics. Count Ignatiev N.P., Minister of Internal Affairs. Count Totleben Eduard Ivanovich, hero of the Turkish War, Vilna Governor-General and commander of the troops of the Vilna Military District. 188. Baron A.P. Nikolai, Minister of Public Education (see No. 20 and 64). Golovnin Alexander Vasilyevich was the Minister of Public Education under Emperor Alexander II, adhered to the so-called progressive direction and was a friend of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, see excerpts below from the letter to Golovnin. Ivan Davidovich Delyanov - On March 16, 1882, he was appointed to the post of Minister of Public Education, before which he was the chief administrator of the institutions of Empress Maria. Ekaterina Fedorovna Tyutcheva, [writer, sister of Anna Fedorovna Aksakova, maid of honor (see No. 59 and 60). 189. March 25 is the birthday of Alexander III’s daughter, Ksenia Alexandrovna. 190. The Voluntary Fleet remained under the patronage of Emperor Alexander III (see No. 46). Bunge Nikolai Khristianovich, Minister of Finance. Lindquist Viktor Vilgelmovich, pastor, teacher of law of the Finnish cadet corps. 191. Ignatiev Nikolai Pavlovich, count, minister of internal affairs (see No. 224). Ostrovsky Mikhail Nikolaevich, Minister of State Property (see No. 69). 193. Family “Joy” - On June 1, 1882, Emperor Alexander III gave birth to a daughter, Olga. 195. Taneyev Sergei Alexandrovich, managed his own office) of the emperor. Through Taneyev, Pobedonostsev repeatedly received sums for charitable causes. Chirikov is the commander of the Volunteer Fleet steamships. 196. Zhukovsky Vasily Andreevich, poet and educator of Emperor Alexander II. “Letters of V. A. Zhukovsky to Emperor Alexander Nikolaevich when he was his heir” were published in the magazine “Russian Archive” in 1883, books 1, 3 and 4, and in 1885, books 1, 4 and 7. In a letter dated August 30, Zhukovsky speaks about submission to the will of God and about autocracy, which is “only the highest degree of submission.” God's truth" 197. Taneyev S.A., see No. 195. 198. The “Voluntary Fleet” was under the patronage of Emperor Alexander III. We are talking about a subsidy to the fleet (see No. 190). 199. Connected with the Transcaucasian transit was the issue of trade with Persia and other countries of the East. Mikhail Nikolaevich, Grand Duke, Chairman of the State Council, former governor of the Caucasus. Bunge Nikolai Khristinovich, Minister of Finance. Ostrovsky Mikhail Nikolaevich, Minister of State Property. Posyet Konstantin Nikolaevich, Minister of Railways. Solsky Dmitry Martynovich, state controller. Nikolai Andreevich Ermakov, Director of the Department of Trade and Manufactures of the Ministry of Finance (see No. 9). Obruchev Nikolai Nikolaevich, chief of the main headquarters of the military ministry. Reitern Mikhail Khristoforovich, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers. Count Baranov Eduard Trofimovich, Chairman of the Department of State Economy of the State Council. ov, Alexander Mikhailovich, commander-in-chief of the civilian unit in the Caucasus and commander of the troops of the Caucasian Military District. Count Loris-Melikov Mikhail Tarielovich, member of the State Council, former Minister of Internal Affairs. Staritsky Egor Pavlovich, chief manager of the codification department of the State Council. 201. Resolution A. III on the report of K. P. Pobedonostsev with the attachment of two draft responses to the New Year's greetings of the Moscow Governor-General Prince V. A. Dolgorukov (see No. 77, Moscow appanage prince). The coronation took place only in 1883 on May 15th. 202. Resolution A. III on the report of K. P. Pobedonostsev refers to Mitropolov, a bookseller, a member of the Moscow department of the Society for the Distribution of Spiritual and Moral Books. With a large supply of books, some donated, some purchased with donated money, he toured the countries of the Far East. 203. The money is transferred by S.A. Taneyev (see No. 195 and 197) for Mitropolov (see No. 202). 204. “Mme. Adam” – Juliette Adam (Miette Lambert), French writer. Her book about Skobelev went through many editions. She wrote about her impressions in Russia. In her journalistic work she took advantage of the contemporary sentiments of revenge in France and, thanks to her salon, had influence on the republican government. Leon Gambetta, patriot, head of government. 205. On the official report of the First Chief Prosecutor of the Synod on the death of Kyiv Metropolitan Philotheus, Emperor Alexander III wrote a resolution: “I am intriguing for Plato,” and this predetermined the appointment of Archbishop of Kherson and Odessa” Plato to Kyiv. 206. Project of the Minister of Internal Affairs Count N.P. Ignatiev on the convocation of a Zemsky Sobor (see No. 224). In issue 130 of the Moskovskie Vedomosti newspaper dated May 12, 1882, an editorial was published in which, among other things, this assumption was called “ridiculous” and “a triumph of sedition,” and “if to anyone our government seems weak, incapable of acting, in need of gathering people who themselves would not know why they are called, then shouldn’t one look for the reasons for this weakness not in the actual conditions of the government (power, which remain unharmed and intact, but perhaps in the inability of its random organs.” Albinsky Piotr Pavlovich, Warsaw governor-general and commander of the Warsaw military district. “Moskovskie Vedomosti” - newspaper of M. N. Katkov. 207. “The last letter” [Pobedonostsev’s was obviously not returned to him and therefore was not preserved in his archive.) In No. 2422 of the newspaper “Novoye Vremya” by A.S. Suvorin dated November 24, 1882, the article “Political buffoonery or not by washing, by riding” was published. It reprinted the entire “proclamation” (hectographed) announcing the opening of a secret society to fight terror. “If,” says Novoye Vremya, such a society really existed, then, firstly, it would be a state within a state and, as such, could interfere with the operation of the police overtly and secretly; secondly, such a society would clearly recognize that the government is so powerless that it is forced to tolerate some kind of secret society, which, moreover, acts so stupidly that it makes its task an open secret and clearly compromises the government.” “About the squad” and its actions, see No. 78. Shuvalov Pavel Petrovich, count, colonel of the Life Guards Hussar Regiment. 208–211. Letters from Pobedonostsev to Count D. A. Tolstoy. In May 1882, Tolstoy was appointed Minister of the Interior and Chief of the Gendarmes and remained in these positions until his death in 1889. He was at the center of executive power during the period of the so-called reaction. 208. The “excitement” was explained by the fact that Count D. A. Tolstoy was already known as the Minister of Public Education from 1866 to 1880 and at the same time the Chief Prosecutor of the Synod from 1865. His introduction of classical education was especially not popular. 209. Orzhevsky Petr Vasilievich was the head of the Warsaw gendarme district. Invited to become the head of the state police, he set the condition not to separate the police from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. His proposal was accepted, and from 1882 to 1887 he was a comrade of the Minister of the Interior and commander of the gendarme corps. Plehve von Vyacheslav Konstantinovich, director of the state police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 210. Baranov N. M., former St. Petersburg mayor, then Arkhangelsk governor, due to disagreements with the ministers of internal affairs, first with Count M. T. Loris-Melikov, and then with Count N. P. Ignatiev. Kalachev Viktor Vasilyevich, the former Yaroslavl provincial leader of the nobility, was appointed governor of Kharkov. 211. Koniar Modest Mavrikievich was the Bessarabian governor. Paul, later Exarch of Georgia, was the Archbishop of Chisinau at the same time (NoNo 454–456). Count Ignatiev N.P. - Minister of Internal Affairs before Count D.A. Tolstoy. 212–217. All these documents refer to one person and to one moment - the departure of Baron A.P. Nikolai from the post of Minister of Public Education, March 16, 1882, when a rescript to him and a decree appointing I.D. Delyanov in his place were published (see No. 188). 212. Baron Nikolai submitted to Emperor Alexander III a detailed explanation of his actions in the case of Nikolai Alekseevich Lyubimov, a professor at Moscow University in the department of physics (see No. 60). An acute moment for the minister in this case arose because two opposing resolutions followed on the same case: according to the minister’s report, Lyubimov was to be put on the ballot, and at the request, he was left at the department indefinitely. 213. Draft rescript to Baron Nikolai, proposed by Pobedonostsev (see No. 248), regarding the dismissal of Nikolai from the post of Minister of Public Education. 215. Baron Nikolai proposes a combination of transfers in case the place of the Minister of Public Education is taken by I.D. Delyanov, who was at that time the chief administrative department of Empress Maria. He would suggest appointing Vladimir Pavlovich Titov, chairman of the department of civil and spiritual affairs of the State Council, to this place, and entrust the chairmanship to member of the State Council Mark Nikolaevich Lyuboshchinsky. The Prince of Oldenburg, Peter Georgievich, combined responsibilities both for the State Council and for the institutions of Empress Maria. 217. Sergei Aleksandrovich Taneyev, manager of the emperor’s own chancellery, informs Pobedonostsev that the decree and rescript to Baron Nikolai, as well as the decree to Delyanov, have been signed. 218–224. The documents of Count N.P. Ignatiev addressed to Pobedonostsev are the last ones before Ignatiev’s dismissal from the post of Minister of Internal Affairs. 219. For Bunin, see No. 76 and 77. Petrunkevich Ivan Ilyich, a member of the Chernigov zemstvo, was sent to the Kostroma province in 1879 for drawing up a zemstvo address to the government. Adjutant General Joseph Vladimirovich Gurko commanded the troops in Odessa. Gatchina is the residence of Emperor Alexander III. 220. “In the matter of censorship,” Count Ignatiev intended to impose restrictions on the freedom of printed speech, and in this matter Pobedonostsev sympathized with him. On August 27, 1882, temporary rules on the press were issued: four ministers could suspend publications and place them under censorship. M.I. Bunin was transferred as police chief to Odessa. Kossagovsky Pavel Pavlovich - Odessa mayor, Privy Councilor. 221–222. Two letters from Count Ignatiev to Pobedonostsev about Baron Skin, who offered the Russian police his services to expose terrorist plans. On March 18, 1882, Vasily Stepanovich Strelnikov, the prosecutor of the Kiev military court, who oversaw the political investigations in Odessa, was killed in Odessa. Hamburger Andrey Fedorovich, Russian envoy in Bern (see No. 126), in Switzerland. About undermining along the Nikolaevskaya railway. d. cm. X? 268. 223. Pobedonostsev always took care of holidays and fasts, trying to prevent theatrical performances on such days. Count Ignatiev went forward and reported on the inappropriateness of a business meeting on Spiritual Day. 224/ Draft manifesto on the convening of the Zemsky Sobor, compiled by Count Ignatiev. Apparently, this project, proposed for publication on May 6, 1882 and not accepted by Emperor Alexander III, served as the immediate reason for the dismissal of Count Ignatiev from the post of Minister of Internal Affairs (see and compare No. 191 and 206). But at least the time of writing all this correspondence coincides. On May 30, Count Ignatiev was dismissed from the post of Minister of Internal Affairs and D. A. Tolstoy was appointed in his place. 225–233 Letters from Count Dmitry Andreevich Tolstoy to K. P. Pobedonostsev. On May 30, 1882, Tolstoy was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs. The draft temporary rules prepared by gr. Ignatiev, was approved on August 27, after which measures against the press began, with which these letters are full. 225. Who was Moskvin who received the minister’s headdress, and why he received it is unknown. 226. Varadinov Nikolay Vasilievich - member of the council of the main directorate for press affairs. The Samara vice-governor was Alexander Germanovich von Brinkman. 227–228. Two letters from Count Tolstoy speak about the benefits to the Old Believers that were provided to them during the reign of Emperor Alexander III. The concern for consistency among ministers is worthy of attention. Zaika Vladimir Denisovich, director of the department of general affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 229. “Moscow Telegraph” (I. I. Rodzevich) began publishing in 1881. On March 24, 1882 it was closed for four months. 230. In the magazine “Russian Antiquity”, for 1882, in book XII for December, “Notes of Yakov Ivanovich de Sanglen”, 1776–1831, began to be published; on page 496, where the events of March 11, 1800 were described, an ellipsis remains, and the further story begins with the words: “Paul is no more.” 231. The commission on women’s medical education was composed of: I. D. Delyanov, P. S. Vannovsky, K. K. Grot, K. P. Pobedonostsev and Count D. A. Tolstoy. 232–233. “The Voice” by A. A. Kraevsky, a St. Petersburg newspaper, “Russian Courier” by N. P. Lapin, edited by V. A. Goltsev, “Moscow Telegraph” and “Russian Vedomosti” by N. S. Skvortsov and V. M. Sobolevsky are Moscow newspapers. “Russian Thought” by S. A. Yuryev is a Moscow magazine. Koshelev Alexander Ivanovich, famous publicist and public figure. In No. 337 of December 1, his feuilleton was published: “Our Great Misfortune,” with harsh judgments about modernity and a demand for “real” work for society. 234–238. Telegrams, letters and annex were written by Prince Vladimir Andreevich Dolgorukov, Moscow Governor General (see No. 77). The first three correspondence concern one subject - the election of Baron Korf as inspector of city schools. The Moscow mayor at this time was V.N. Chicherin (see No. 100–107). 237–238. The letter and its appendix were written by Dolgorukov regarding the collection of donations for the benefit of women's medical courses. On August 6, 1882, a decree was issued on the gradual abolition of higher women's courses, and the collection of donations did not meet the government's plans. Baranovsky Alexander Ivanovich was at the chief prosecutor's desk in the fourth department of the Senate in St. Petersburg. 239. Mikhail Semenovich Kakhanov, a member of the State Council, became the head of a special commission for drawing up local government projects. This commission is known as Kakhanovskaya. Its task was to complete and unify the reforms of Alexander II. This letter talks about the work of the commission in organizing a meeting, which was supposed to outline the general principles of reform. The Kakhanov Commission was closed on May 1, 1885, even before the completion of its work (see No. 295) 240. Nabokov Dmitry Nikolaevich, Minister of Justice since 1878. He always stood guard over the judicial statutes of Emperor Alexander, and if he made concessions, it was only upon request, but not on his own initiative. For the purpose of revising the civil laws, a commission or committee has been organized, of which this letter speaks. Lyuboshchinsky Mark Nikolaevich, member of the Department of Civil and Spiritual Affairs of the State Council. 241. Girs Nikolai Karlovich, Minister of Foreign Affairs, does not name the American newspaper that wanted to receive a subsidy from the Russian government. 242. Orzhevsky Pyotr Vasilievich, comrade of the Minister of Internal Affairs and commander of the gendarme corps (see No. 209), does not name the books of Sergei Mikhailovich Kravchinsky (Stepnyak). These may be the essays “Underground Russia,” which he began writing in Italy during these years. 243. Orzhevsky (see No. 209 and 242) speaks of the attachment of a letter, but it has not survived. The governor of Ufa was Nikolai Pavlovich Shchepkin. Blummer – unknown. 244. Vyacheslav Konstantinovich von Plehve, director of the state police department, reports the criminal nature of the post office robbery in Melitopol, and not political, as Nikitpa Petrovich Gilyarov-Platonov’s newspaper “Modern Izvestia” suspected. 245. Mikhail Nikolaevich Ostrovsky writes about the ministerial meeting. At the end of 1882, a wave of unrest swept through almost all universities. It started in Kazan, where on October 30 student Vorontsov slapped Vice-Rector Firsov. Then the unrest spread to Kiev, Kharkov and finally reached St. Petersburg. It was at this time that a meeting was assembled, which included: K. P. Pobedonostsev, P. S. Vannovsky, Count D. A. Tolstoy, I. D. Delyanov, K. N. Posyet, M. N. Ostrovsky and I. A. Shestakov (cf. No. 406 and 407). 246. Mansurov Nikolai Pavlovich, managed the office of the Committee of Ministers and, of course, was responsible for the timeliness of subpoenas sent to members of the committee. 247. Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Dondukov-Korsakov was the commander-in-chief of the civil part in the Caucasus, and he sent a note on the situation of the clergy in Georgia to the chief prosecutor of the synod. 248–249. Two letters from Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov, publisher of the newspaper Moskovskie Vedomosti. All members of the new government listened strongly to his voice, and even K.P. Pobedonostsev, apparently, immediately upon receiving mail, hurried to look through the Moskovskie Vedomosti (see No. 206). Katkov speaks about the appointment of Ivan Davydovich Delyanov as Minister of Public Education and about the rescript to his predecessor Baroi Nikolai (see No. 213). In the second letter (No. 249), Katkov complains about Count N.P. Ignatiev’s harsh attitude towards Moskovskiye Vedomosti (cf. note to No. 206). 250. Ivan Sergeevich Aksakov, famous writer, publicist and national speaker. Since November 1880, he published the newspaper “Rus”, where a telegram about Skobelev’s speech was published (see No. 62). Aksakov had not yet had time to write an article on this matter, and Pobedonostsev’s letter was a clear warning against the publication of such an article. 251–252. Two letters from the Minister of Public Education Ivan Davydovich Delyanov. The first letter, No. 251, deals with the draft temporary rules on the press (see No. 225–233). Count Tolstoy's second letter, No. 252, – Dmitry Andreevich, the new Minister of Internal Affairs. 253. Dmitriev Fedor Mikhailovich in the sixties; For a short time he was a professor at Moscow University, but from 1868 he lived on his Syzran estate. In 1882, at the invitation of the Minister of Public Education, he took the position of trustee of the St. Petersburg educational district, and in this rank he was responsible for public lectures. Soloviev Vladimir Sergeevich, philosopher and publicist. 1882 was the last year he lectured at St. Petersburg University. After his famous speech against the death penalty, delivered in March 1881, the government’s attention to him was so intense that the trustee of the educational district considered it his duty to be at every lecture by Solovyov. Dostoevsky F. M. and Count L. N. Tolstoy are great Russian writers. 254. Kapustin Mikhail Nikolaevich, director of the Yaroslavl Demidov Law Lyceum, a famous lawyer and professor at Moscow University. After the Lyceum, he was a trustee of the Dorpat and St. Petersburg educational districts. Student unrest did not escape Yaroslavl at the end of 1882 (see No. 245). Which of the two Korsunskys is, of course, unknown. Korsunsky I.N., a professor at the Moscow Theological Academy, and there was also Korsunsky, Nikolai Ivanovich, a teacher at the Yaroslavl Theological Seminary, both published interesting books on the history of theological literature. 255. Boris Nikolaevich Chicherin (see No. 100–107) speaks about the dismissal of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Count Ignatiev, and about his project to convene a Zemsky Sobor (see No. 224). Don the Scoundrel and Donna the Weakened are characters in Kuzma Prutkov’s drama “Love and Silin” (see “Entertainment”, 1861, No. 18, May 6, 209–218 pp.). 256–257. Two letters from Prince Sergei Nikolaevich Urusov, Chairman of the Department of Laws of the State Council (see No. 10). In both the first and second cases, Pobedonostsev sent something to Urusov, but what exactly is difficult to find out. 258. Nikolai Pavlovich Peterson was later a member of the district court in Askhabad. His fame is associated with the friendly relations towards him of the famous ascetic philosopher and encyclopedist Nikolai Fedorovich Fedorov, librarian of the Rumyantsov Museum. After the death of Fedorov, Peterson and Vl. Al. Kozhevnikov published his works. This letter, from the first word to the last, was written by Nikolai Fedorovich. It was his constant custom to write an article, letter or argument, but never sign it with his name. Much was inspired by him [thus the famous philosopher Vl. S. Solovyov, especially in judgments about the Trinity and God-humanity. Peterson was a friend of Nikolai Fedorovich and Nikolai Fedorovich spent all his holidays with him, even went to see him in Askhabad. Usually Nikolai Fedorovich left him his notebooks, in which Nikolai Fedorovich’s thoughts and judgments were scribbled in pencil. This letter recalculates the assassination attempts of recent years: Zasulich Vera against mayor Trepov; Nikolai Vladimirovich Mezentsev, chief of gendarmes, was killed on Mikhailovskaya Square in St. Petersburg on August 9, 1878: Kharkov governor Krapotkin was mortally wounded on March 9, 1879; Drenteln Alexander Romanovich, chief of gendarmes, on whom the assassination attempt was made on March 13, 1879; An attempt was made on Count M. T. Loris-Melikov on February 20, 1880; April 2, November 19, 1879 and February 5, 1880 - attempts on the life of A. II; March 1, 1881 - murder of A. II. Nikolai Fedorovich’s assumptions about organizing joint studies between universities and museums coincide with those expressed by him in other articles (see two volumes of articles, thoughts and letters of N. F. F. under the title “Philosophy of a Common Cause,” published in Verny, Peterson’s place of work). 259. Letter from Prince V.P. Meshchersky, publisher of “Citizen” (see No. 143–44). His note about the seal was not preserved in Pobedonostsev’s archive: apparently, it was handed over for its intended purpose. 260. Miklouho-Maclay Nikolai Nikolaevich, famous traveler to New Guinea. In 1882, he came to St. Petersburg to persuade the Russian government to occupy the Maclayan coast of New Guinea, but was unsuccessful. He wanted to talk about this matter personally with Emperor Alexander III. Prince Vladimir Sergeevich Obolensky was a colonel of the Cavalry Regiment and served as the court marshal. 261. Leonid Petrovich Velsky, private associate professor at Moscow University in the department of Russian literature. His suggestion about a special service during the consecration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow did not come true. 262–264 A letter from Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna and two appendices talk about one case of the official Sokolov, involved in the “squad”, and then rejected (see No. 207). Information about Sokolov (No. 264) was given by the police department. 265–267. Three letters from Nikolai Aleksandrovich Naydenov, chairman of the Moscow exchange committee and a member of the city duma. The first (No. 465) talks about the candidacy of Baron Korfa for the post of inspector of city schools (see No. 234 - 236). Samarin D.F. is a famous zemstvo figure and writer. Alekseev Nikolai Alexandrovich, then was the Moscow mayor. Rubinstein Nikolai Grigorievich, founder and organizer of the Moscow Conservatory. “Exhibition” - All-Russian exhibition of 1882 In the second letter (No. 266) N.A.E. mentioned is N.A. Ermakov (see No. 265). Vowels of the City Duma: Sergei Andreevich Muromtsev, later chairman of the first State Duma, Lanin Nikolai Petrovich, publisher of the newspaper “Russian Courier”, Koshelev Alexander Ivanovich (see No. 232), Skaloy Vasily Yuryevich, publicist, publisher of the newspaper “Zemstvo” and editor of “Russian Vedomosti”. The subject of the merchant deputation's petition apparently concerned the interests of the merchants themselves, perhaps regarding the July law on the work of minors. But the deputation was rejected due to the general direction of the then internal policy and direct order, see No. 300. 268. Vinogradov Gabriel Kiprianovich. Strelnikov V. S., see No. 222. 269–285. Letters and telegrams from A. III to K. P. Pobedonostsev. 270. Moscow Governor-General Prince V. A. Dolgorukov (see No. 77) usually sent greetings on the New Year, and A. III asks Pobedonostsev to compose a response, instead of Sergei Alexandrovich Taneyev, who managed the emperor’s own office. 271. The coronation manifesto was announced on January 24, 1883. Its text coincides with Pobedonostsev’s project, see No. 306. 272. Rachinsky Sergey Alexandrovich (see No. 45). Obviously, his letter contained gratitude for his help in a good cause. For performances in Lent, see No. 62, 74, 286, 325 and 320. 273. The letter was a response to Pobedonostsev’s message about the difficult situation of Russian Orthodox people in Austria (cf. No. 288) and about the qualities of the elective principle in the representation. 274. An anonymous note about the courts has not survived. See Pobedonostsev’s view in No. 47. 275 and 276. Two letters from A. III speak of the liquidation of the independence of the Voluntary Fleet Society and the transfer of its ships and affairs to the Maritime Ministry. Shestakov Ivan Alekseevich - Minister of the Navy, Alexey - Grand Duke Alexey Alexandrovich, Admiral General, Chief of the Fleet and Maritime Department. For Pobedonostsev’s attitude to this issue, see his report No. 289. 277. The letter indicates donations with a specific purpose, cf. NoNo 195 and 197. 279. Prince V.P. Meshchersky, publisher of “Citizen”. Neskuchny Garden and Palace in Moscow, in which A. III lived before his coronation in May 1883. 281. About Meshchersky, see No. 279. K. P. Pobedonostsev enjoyed the hospitality of Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna in Oranienbaum in the summer. Notes on letters and notes. 417 382–283. The letter with the attachment concerns the fate of the boy V. Solnyshka, whom Pobedonostsev sheltered (see No. 353). Count Sergei Dmitrievich Sheremetev directed the court orchestra and chapel. 284. The telegram talks about A. III’s illness in December 1883, from a bruised hand when falling from a sled (see No. 300, 301, 302, 316, 319, 320). 285. Vazhanov Vasily Borisovich was the protopresbyter of the court and military clergy and confessor of the royal family. He died in July 1883. Elagin Island, at the mouth of the Neva, in St. Petersburg. 286. Report of Pobedonostsev and resolution of Emperor Alexander III on performances in Lent (cf. No. 272, 62,74,286, 325 and 326). 287. Letter from Pobedonostsev to Count D. A. Tolstoy, Minister of Internal Affairs, regarding the suicide of L. S. Makov (see No. 123). The suicide letter was reported to Pobedonostsev by Vasily Aleksandrovich Kokorev, one of the Pomeranian Old Believers, who became rich from wine farming, the founder of the Volga-Kamz Bank. He wrote articles about prgovaya in the Russian Bulletin and the Russian Archive. Evreinov Alexander Grigorievich - the first person in the survey department of the Senate, who began serving under Nesselrod, the minister of Nicholas I. Nikolai Fedorovich Klimov, an official of the police department, Fedor Lavrentievich Barykov, the manager of the zemstvo department, and Vladimir Nikolaevich Tokarev, a member of the minister’s council, all three are officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 288. Priest I. Naumovich experienced severe persecution by the Austrian authorities for his Russophile beliefs. For the presentation of the secret manual of the Russian government to him and other persons, see below No. 328–330. Having fled Austria, Naumovich lived in Russia. His stories from the folk life of Galicia are known (cf. No. 273). 289. Pobedonostsev’s report on the liquidation of the Voluntary Fleet Society (see No. 275 and 276). Pobedonostsev chaired the Board of the Society. Bakhtin V.V. – inspector of the Company (see No. 1). Feodosius Fedorovich Veselago, chairman of the scientific committee, and Dmitry Zakharovich Golovachev, rear admiral, both served in the naval ministry. 291. Draft manifesto on the consecration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, proposed by Pobedonostsev. 292. In a letter to Count D. A. Tolstoy, Minister of Internal Affairs, Pobedonostsev nominates Joseph Vladimirovich Gurko, a hero of the Turkish War, as a candidate for the position of commander of the troops of the Odessa military district. Bobrikov Nikolai Ivanovich, later Finnish Governor-General. Dukhovskoy Sergei Mikhailovich, later Governor-General in Central Asia and the Far East. Baron Korf Andrey Nikolaevich, Lieutenant General. Naglovsky Dmitry Stanislavovich. 293. The resolution mentions S. A. Rachinsky (see No. 272), in connection with his activities in disseminating temperance societies. Bazhenov V.V. see 285. Alexandria - palace in Peterhof. 294–295. Two letters from Pobedonostsev from abroad to Count D. A. Tolstoy, Minister of Internal Affairs. Lake Zellersee is a picturesque lake in the mountains of Salzburg. Joseph Vladimirovich Gurko (see No. 292) had just been appointed governor-general and commander of the troops in Warsaw. Albinsky Pyotr Pavlovich, predecessor of General Gurko in Warsaw (see No. 65). Totleben Eduard Ivanovich, hero of the Turkish War, Vilna, Grodno and Kovno governor-general and commander of the troops. Kakhanov Ivan Semenovich, lieutenant general. Kakhanov Mikhail Semenovich (see No.239) presented a draft of the main principles of the reform developed by the Kakhanov Commission. Pobedonostsev writes to Tolstoy about this project. The commission included auditing senators who, on the initiative of Count Loris-Melikov, audited the provinces, including M. E. Kovalevsky and A. A. Polovtsov. Durnovo Ivan Nikolaevich, comrade of the Minister of Internal Affairs, later minister. Barykov F.L. see No. 287, Andreevsky Ivan Efimovich, professor of police law at St. Petersburg University and encyclopedia of jurisprudence and history of Russian legislation at the School of Law. 296. Pobedonostsev’s report with Alexander III’s resolution on an audience in Gatchina, the emperor’s residence. The Emperor had previously visited Denmark. 298. Pobedonostsev’s letter to Count D. A. Tolstoy about the provisions of the Kakhanov Commission, see No. 295. 299. Letter from Pobedonostsev to Count D. A. Tolstoy, about the illness of A. III, see No. 284. 300. Letter from Pobedonostsev to Count D. A. Tolstoy about the prohibition of deputations. Moscow Governor General Prince V. A. Dolgorukov. Pobedonostsev's correspondent from Moscow was N.A. Naydenov (see No. 266 and 267). In Pobedonostsev’s letter, Tolstoy wrote an order to his officials to prepare a report. 301. Letter from Pobedonostsev to Count D. A. Tolstoy about the illness of Emperor Alexander III (see No. 299 and 284). 302. Pobedonostsev’s report and the emperor’s resolution speak of the passing of the disease (see No. 284, 299 and 301). Prince Obolensky - see No. 260. 303. Pobedonostsev’s letter to Count D.A. Tolstoy speaks of the murder of Georgy Porfiryevich Sudeikin, a lieutenant colonel who was in charge of the department of security and peace in the capital in the St. Petersburg city government. Preparations for the murder had been going on for a long time. On October 17–19, 1883, a congress was held in St. Petersburg on the case of the impending murder. The secretary of the congress was Stepurin. On December 16, 1883, Sudeikin was killed by Starodvorsky, Konashevich and Degaev, and after that all three fled. 304. In the resolution, A. III thanks Pobedonostsev for his congratulations on the holiday of December 25th. Apparently, Pobedonostsev’s congratulations were contained in a special letter that has not survived. This report talks about the reception of Yuri Stepanovich Nechaev-Maltsev, the largest owner of the Gusya industrial district in the Vladimir province and then the builder of the art museum on Kolymazhnaya Square in Moscow. 305–307. Pobedonostsev’s three projects: 1) congratulations to the emperor on the New Year 1884, 2) a coronation manifesto, announced on January 24, 1883 (see No. 271) and 3) a rescript on behalf of the heir to the Don Archbishop Mitrofan, on the day of the heir’s coming of age. 308–319. Letters from Count D. A. Tolstoy, Minister of Internal Affairs, to Pobedonostsev. 309 and 313 On the case of redemption payments, see letters of Chicherin No. 103 and 105 and Count Ignatiev No. 68. 310–311. Tolstoy's letter talks about Vladimir Sergeevich Solovyov, see No. 253. District Trustee Dmitriev, see ibid. 312. For performances in the post, see No. 272. 314. About Makov’s suicide, see No. 287. Perfilyev Stepan Stepanovich, director of the postal department, was fined by the Senate for 15,000 rubles. In 1884, this fine was waived by the Senate (see “Moscow Ved.,” 1884, No. 12, January 12). 315. Manifesto of November 26, 1883 on the coming of age of the Grand Dukes Peter Nikolaevich and Georgy Mikhailovich. 316. Regarding the ill health of A. III in December 1883, see No. 287, 299, 301 and 302. For deputations see Nos. 266, 267 and 300. 317. Tolstoy’s response to Pobedonostsev’s letter No. 303. 318. Nabokov Dmitry Nikolaevich, Minister of Justice (sy. No. 240).. 319. About the ill health of A. III, see No. 316. The newspaper reports a fall from a sleigh while hunting. 320. Letter 0. B. Richter to Pobedonostsev. Richter was the commander of the imperial headquarters (see No. 43). Girsh Gustav Ivanovich, life surgeon. 321. Letters from N. M. Baranov, Arkhangelsk governor, a. previously the mayor of St. Petersburg, see NoNo 91–99. For the ill health of A. III, see No. 319. For Sudeikin, see No. 303. 322. Nabokov Dmitry Nikolaevich, Minister of Justice, see No. 240 and 318. 323. Mikhail Nikolaevich Ostrovsky, Minister of State Property, see No. 191 and 206. 324. The letter was written by Alexander Alexandrovich Polovtsov, Secretary of State. For Makov’s suicide, see No. 287 and 314. “V. TO." - Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich, Chairman of the State Council. 325 and 326. Letter from the Minister of the Court, Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov, requesting the return of permission for performances. in the post reported in No. 326 (see No. 272, 286 and 312). 327. Vlangali Alexander Georgievich, Comrade Minister of Foreign Affairs, replies, apparently, about gossip in foreign newspapers, see No. 297. Katakazi, who was envoy to the North American States, see No. 127 and 128. 328. Bunge Nikolai Khristianovich, Minister of Finance, sent a bill of exchange for secret benefits to Russian leaders in Austria (see No. 273, 288, 329 and 330). 329–330. Message from Archpriest M. Raevsky about the execution of a secret order on subsidies to A.I. Dobryansky and I. Naumovich, with Dobryansky’s signature attached (see No. 328). Dobryansky Adolf Ivanovich, famous Russophile, writer and public figure Galician-Russian. He was the initiator of the Ugric-Russian revival and stood at the head of the Russian deputation, which declared to the Austrian government the desires of its people: autonomy of Ugric Rus, equality with the Magyars, the establishment of Russian schools and a Russian university in Lvov. He founded a society for the publication of folk books and directed the local newspaper “Svet”. He was persecuted by the Austrian government. 331. Letter from Golovnin Alexander Vasilievich, former assistant. Alexander II as Minister of Public Education (see No. 188). 332–334. Three letters from Evgeniy Mikhailovich Feoktistov, head of the main department for press affairs during the period of greatest persecution of press organs of the so-called liberal trend. Rodzevich's Moscow Telegraph was closed for four months on March 24th. The Conference of Four Ministers was established by the provisional regulations on the press on August 27, 1883. According to these rules, the meeting could suspend publications or place them under censorship. Lanin N.P. – publisher of the newspaper “Russian Courier*”. “Russian Vedomosti” was published by a group of people headed by V. M. Sobolevsky. In No. 291 of the Moskovskie Vedomosti newspaper, dated October 20, the article “From Odessa” was published and in this article a brochure printed in Odessa, although compiled in Kiev, under the title “Catalogue of Systematic Reading” was analyzed. The editor was, apparently, the editor of Zarya P. A. Andreevsky, who was a lawyer. The copy of the letter mentioned in No. 334, unfortunately, has not survived, and the whole incident remains unclear. 335–338. Two letters from the Moscow Governor-General, Prince Vladimir Andreevich Dolgorukov (see No. 77), with two attachments. The first letter, No. 335, deals with theatrical performances during Lent (see No. 325 and 326). The second, No. 336, talks about Vasily Aleksandrovich Pashkov. In St. Petersburg, he enjoyed success in spreading his sectarian teachings, which became known as “Pashkovism.” The founder of Pashkovism was Lord Redstock, who in 1874 preached a new sect in the high society of St. Petersburg. Colonel of the Guard V.A. Pashkov was his adherent. Pashkov in 1876 opened the “Society for the Encouragement of Spiritual and Moral Reading” and published more than 200 brochures for public reading. Since 1877, the government paid attention to the propaganda of Pashkovism and forbade Pashkov to organize conversations in St. Petersburg. He moved to the province, mainly to the village of Krekshino, Zvenigorodsky, district of the Moscow province, and here he met opposition from Dolgorukov. After that, he moved again to St. Petersburg, but on May 24, 1884, the “Encouragement Society” was closed by the government, and Pashkov himself went abroad. The persecution of Pashkovism continued subsequently. The first appendix, No. 337, contains a letter from the Minister of Internal Affairs to the Moscow Governor-General, the second - the response of the Governor-General, both on the Pashkov case. 339. The letter was apparently written by Platon Ivanovich Baranov, who was in charge of the Senate archives. 340–343. Letters from Ivan Davidovich Delyanov, Minister of Public Education. Delyanov draws his main attention to the influence of a public court on young people, diverting criticism from school affairs. "Zarya" was published in Kiev until 1886, under the editorship of M. I. Kulisher and P. A. Andreevsky. Loris-Melikov M. T., count, see No. 54. Meshchersky N.P., prince, former trustee of the Moscow educational district and now living in retirement. Derviz-von, Dmitry Grigorievich, senator, appointed: member of the [state council, department of laws. In No. 342, Delyanov talks about acquittals by jurors in criminal cases. The chairman of the Moscow district court was Vladimir Nikolaevich Lavrov. In the editorial “SPB. Vedomosti" it is precisely these sentences that are harshly condemned. Miklouho-Maclay H.H., see No. 260. 344. Letter from Nikolai Alexandrovich Novoselsky. Novoselsky was the managing director of the Shipping and Trade Society and wrote on economic issues, including the book he talks about in the letter: “Social Issues”, St. Petersburg. 1881. Subsequently he was a member of the council of the minister, finance. 345–346. The letter, with an attachment, from Moscow Governor-General V. A. Dolgorukov, speaks of his efforts to remove Viktor Krylov’s drama “Near the Money” from the stage. 347–349. Letter from Katkov M.H. (see No. 248–249) with two copies attached. Everyone is talking about the speech of B. N. Chicherin, the Moscow mayor, on Tatyana’s day, January 12, 1883... and Prince Dolgorukov recalls another speech of his, delivered upon taking office as mayor. 350. Letter from M. N. Katkov (see No. 347). The fall of Tolstoy - in April 1880, Count D.A. Tolstoy was dismissed from two posts as Minister of Public Education and Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod. A. A. Saburov was appointed minister, and K. P. Pobedonostsev was appointed chief prosecutor. Golovnin A.V. – Minister of Public Education before Tolstoy (1866). Milyutin D. A. - Minister of War. Baron Nikolai A.P. is Saburov’s successor as Minister of Public Education (see No. 188). Georgievsky Alexander Ivanovich, Lyubimov Nikolai Alekseevich and Gezen August Matveevich are members of the council of the Minister of Public Education. Peretz Egor Abramovich, member of the State Council, Department of Laws. Notes on letters and notes. 423 361–352. Two letters from Grigory Petrovich Danilevsky, famous novelist, editor of the Government Bulletin. It’s hard to guess what article Danilevsky is talking about. On January 4, the Government Bulletin contains one bibliographic article, a feuilleton, with a review of the Military Collection magazine for November and December 1882. In this article, much attention is paid to the Ahal-Tekin expedition (see No. 179). Decree on Lyubimov - on leaving N. A. Lyubimov at Moscow University as a professor without running for office (see No. 212,). Graph. D. A. Tolstoy - Minister of Internal Affairs. Nabokov D.N. – Minister of Justice. Frish Eduard Vasilievich, senator; Evreinov Grigory Aleksandrovich - Chief Prosecutor of the Senate. Vannovsky P.S. – Minister of War. Girs N.K. – Minister of Foreign Affairs. Bunge N. X. – Minister of Finance. Delyanov I.D. – Minister of Public Education. E. M. Feoktistov (see No. 332–334) On January 1, 1883, he was appointed head of the main department for press affairs and editor of the “Journal of the Ministry of Public Education”, in place of the dismissed Prince P. P. Vyazemsky. 353. Sukhodolsky Pyotr Aleksandrovich, landscape painter. His paintings “Swamp” in the Tretyakov Gallery and “Spring Flood of the Oka” in St. Petersburg in the former. Museum of Alexander Sh. He writes about V. Solnyshkin (see, No. 283). 354. Bogdanovich Evgeniy Vasilyevich, a member of the council of the Minister of Internal Affairs, gained fame as the publisher of the “Cathedra of St. Isaac's Cathedral” and other patriotic brochures, and as the founder of a special salon subsequently, in which the highest spheres of St. Petersburg revolved. “Golos” is the newspaper of A. A. Kraevsky, liberal direction (see above). Makov L. and Count N.P. Ignatiev were ministers of the interior before Count D.A. Tolstoy. 355. Abbess Maria lived in the Epiphany Monastery in Kostroma. The coronation manifesto was announced on January 24, 1883. For the closure of performances, see No. 325 and 326. 356. Yuzefovich M.V., see No. 162. 357. Vinogradov G.K., see No. 268. 358. Prince V.P. Meshchersky, publisher of “Citizen” (see No. 281, etc.). Manifesto of January 24 about the coronation on May 15 (see No. 355). 359–360. Two letters from Count Alexei Evgrafovich Komarovsky. He was among the founders of the Voluntary Fleet Society and at the first meeting competed with Pobedonostsev for chairman of the main board of the Society. Grigory Pavlovich Galagan was a member of the State Council (see No. 63), but Count Alexei Alexandrovich Bobrinsky, also the founder of the Voluntary Fleet Society, was not yet a member of the State Council. 361. The original message from Priest Skvortsov to the Moscow Metropolitan reached Pobedonostsev’s desk and was buried in it. 362. N. Lebedev, from Smolensk, obviously a private person, with great prejudices. 363. Unknown F.I. Molotov, by all indications, himself served in the guard and in this service received close acquaintance with the persons and events he mentioned. List of persons who apparently made up the guard. From the last paragraph of page 369, with the words “If at all,” the report from the Main Directorate for Press Affairs begins on two Moscow newspapers, “Moscow Telegraph” by Rodzevich and “Russian Courier” by Lanin (see No. 332). This first letter from P. I. Tchaikovsky to K. P. Pobedonostsev has been preserved in the P. I. Tchaikovsky Museum. A copy of the letter was kindly delivered by the museum curator V.I. Zhegin.