On blades with terrorists
Alexander Vasilievich Gerasimov (1861-1944) headed 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