Travel is the best tool for the final formation of youth. " Young years of the Great KN

The name of the outstanding Russian statesman, Admiral General of the Russian Fleet, the son of Emperor Nicholas I and the brother of the king-liberator, one of the main figures of the liberation of the peasants and other "great reforms" of the 1860-1870s. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich (1827-1892) never left indifferent either contemporaries or researchers of that era. At the same time, the assessments of his activities were and often remain polar. The monograph is devoted to the childhood, adolescence and youth of the Grand Duke - the period of the formation of his personality, his first steps in the marine, military and public service. Particular attention was paid to the travels of the young prince, who not only appeared an important part of his training and education, but also had a huge impact on the formation of the worldview of the future "of the first and most faithful of the subjects of the Emperor Alexander II, the first" tsarist assistant.
The book is addressed to a wide range of readers interested in the political and military history of Russia of the XIX century