Travel to Siberia (diary)

Reprint from the publication: Travel to Siberia from March 31, 1819 to February 8, 1821 St. Petersburg. 1872 Count (1839) Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (1772 - 1839) - the closest associate of Alexander I, he was the second person in the empire. In 1816-1819 Penza governor. In 1819, Speransky unexpectedly received a new appointment - Governor -General of Siberia. On behalf of the emperor, Speransky was to carry out an audit of Siberia. On May 6, 1819, Speransky went from Penza to Siberia. On August 29, 1819, Speransky arrived in Irkutsk - the center of the province, where the Governor General was supposed to be. As a result of publicity, his predecessor Siberian Governor -General Father of the future leader of the Decembrists I. B. Pestel, two governors - Tomsk and Irkutsk, were removed from all posts. In 1821, Speransky returned to the capital