On blades with terrorists

The library of the project “History of the Russian State” is the best monuments of world literature recommended by Boris Akunin, which reflects the biography of our country from its very origins.
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