The owner of the Russian land? Autocracy in the era of modern

In 1897, during the first All -Russian census Nicholas II, the famous words: "Master of the Russian land" in the questionnaire ". But despite the formal omnipotence of the Russian autocrat, he was very limited in freedom of activity from the bureaucratic apparatus. Russian bureaucracy - in the absence of legal institutions restraining it - has become truly omnipotent. The book of the famous historian Kirill Solovyov gives a convincing collective portrait of the "ministerial oligarchy" of the late 19th century and a detailed description of the individual bright representatives of this estate (M.T. Loris-Melikova, K. P. Pobedonostsev, V.K. Plevya, S. Yu. and etc) The author pays particular attention to the mechanisms of making state decisions, the conflicts of the bureaucracy with society, and intracinus intrigues. The weakness of the administrative vertical with an outwardly strict bureaucratic system, the weak knowledge of the realities of Russian life, the legislative anarchy - all these factors eventually led to the fall of the monarchy. Kirill Soloviev - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of History and Theory of Historical Science of the Russian State University. The author of three hundred scientific publications, including five monographs on the political history of Russia, the history of parliamentarism, the technology of management and power technology