Palace coups in Russia

Palace coups are one of the most interesting and stormy periods in the history of Russia. In the absolute monarchy, in the absence of legal political activity, the coups became the only way to resolve contradictions within the ruling elite and between it and the noble society. The book presents the memoirs of direct coups participants. Christopher Minhin, Russian Field Mary General of German descent, was a member of the ruling cabinet and overthrew the Duke of Biron, the actual dictator of Russia under Empress Anna Ioannovna. The son of Field Marshal Minikha, Ernest also took an active part in this. Both of them opposed the climbing of Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of Peter I, for which after the next coup that brought her to power, they were convicted, deprived of ranks and estates and exiled