On the blades with terrorists. Gerasimov A.V.

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Alexander Vasilievich Gerasimov (1861–1944) was headed by the St. Petersburg security department In 1905-1914. In his memoirs, illuminating the history of revolutionary terror in Russia, he spoke about his struggle against terrorists of various stripes and directions, working with G. Gapon - instigator of bloody Sunday, E. Azef - the famous "king of provocateurs", interaction with the highest ranks of the Russian Empire - S.Yu. Witte and P.A. Stolypin, an atmosphere at the tsarist court in the dramatic years between the First Russian Revolution and the beginning of the First World War.