Alexander III. Comp. Barykina I.E., Chernukha V. G.

The reign of Alexander III was a brightly contradictory time. The emperor trusted N. A. Bunge and S. Yu. Witte, who sought to modernize Russia, and at the same time was under the hypnotic influence of the preacher of the dead political stability K. P. Pobedonostsev.

The emperor, who dreamed of the statement of indigenous Russian principles in state life, a man of simple, clear representations and a firm nature, became the creator and victim of these dangerous contradictions for Russia, which gave rise to the fatal problems of the next reign.

memoirs, diaries, letters of the apologists and opponents of the king - a diverse complex of sources collected in this book - gives a voluminous and objective idea of ​​a large and kind of outstanding personality of Alexander III and the era when the fate of Russia was decided by the fate of Russia.