February 19-25, 1730: events, people, documents. Kurukin I.V., Plotnikov A.B.

What happened in Russia in January-February 1730? “Within five weeks, the imperial power approved by Peter I was significantly limited,” the authors write, “and these restrictions

with a different“ adhesion ”of political forces could become an important factor in further history.” I.V. Kurukin and A.B. Plotnikov created the first full -fledged academic publication of sources on the history of the events of the beginning of 1730, including both previously published and first identified materials. The main idea of ​​the authors is “the idea of ​​restricting the autocracy was born directly within the autocratic apparatus of power.”