The Memoirs of Count Witte

Informationen zum Autor Sergei Iu Witte, Sidney Harcave Klappentext A portrait of the twilight years of Isarism by Count Sergei Witte (1849-1915), the man who built modern Russia. Witte presents incisive and often piquant portraits of the mighty and those around them--powerful Alexander III, the weak-willed Nicholas II, and the neurasthenic Empress Alexandra, along with his own notorious cousin, Madam blavatsky, the "priestess of the occult". Zusammenfassung An account of the later years of Tsarism. Witte presents portraits of the statesmen around him, explains the problem of bringing the economy to a level commensurate with Russia's putative position as the greatest land power in the world and the effort to create a constitutional monarchy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume I: 1849-1903; 1_1: My Family; 1_2: General Fadeev and His Times; 1_3: Some Caucasian Memories; 1_4: My Education; 1_5: The Odessa Railroad, 1870?79; 1_6: St. Petersburg, 1879?80; 1_7: Kievan Years 1880?89; 1_8: Kievan Years, 1880?89; 1_9: Kiev in the 1880s; 1_10: Kiev in the 1880s; 1_11: Director of the Department of Railroad Affairs 1889?91; 1_12: St. Petersburg, 1889?91; 1_13: Minister of Ways and Communications, 1891?92; 1_14: Family Matters; 1_15: Prince Vladimir Petrovich Meshcherskii; 1_16: Fellow Ministers and Other High Officials, 1889?94; 1_17: Minister of Finance; 1_18: Emperor Alexander III; 1_19: My Work as Minister of Finance under Emperor Alexander III; 1_20: The Imperial Court; 1_21: Last Days of Emperor Alexander III; 1_22: A New Reign Begins; 1_23: The New Emperor's First Personnel Changes, 1894?95; 1_24: The Sino-Russtan Treaty of 1896; 1_25: The Khodynka Tragedy; 1_26: May?ctober 1896; 1_27: Some New Faces, Some New and Unfortunate Policies 1896?98; 1_28: The Visiting Dignitaries, 1897; 1_29: Origins of the War with Japan, 1897?00; 1_30: Foreign Affairs, 1898?00; 1_31: A New Minister of Interior and Some Minor Developments, 1898?00; 1_32: The Imperial Court; 1_33: On the Road to War and Revolution, 1901?03; 1_34: My Departure from the Office of Minister of Finance; Volume II: 1903?06; 2_1: On the Eve of War; 2_22: My Differences with Plehve; 2_3: The First Months of War, January?uly 1904; 2_4: The ?olitical Spring? and Bloody Sunday; 2_5: War and Peace, February?eptember 1905; 2_6: General Strike; 2_7: General Strike; 2_8: The October Manifesto; 2_9: My First Ten Days as Premier; 2_10: Impediments to My Work; 2_11: The Restoration of Order; 2_12: Cabinet Changes; 2_13: The Loan That Saved Russia's Financial Strength; 2_14: Fulfilling the Promise of the October 17 Manifesto; 2_15: The End of My Tenure; Volume III; 3_1: Exile?; 3_2: Attempts on My Life; 3_3: Personalia, 1907?11; 3_4: Formation of the Goremykin Government; 3_5: The First State Duma; 3_6: The Opening of the Stolypin Era; 3_7: The Second State Duma; 3_8: Stolypin in the Ascendant, 1907?10; 3_9: Foreign Affairs, 1907?11; 3_10: Court Calendar, 1907?11; 3_11: Politics and the Armed Forces, 1907?11; 3_12: The End of the Stolypin Era...

Autorentext
Sergei Iu Witte, Sidney Harcave

Klappentext
A portrait of the twilight years of Isarism by Count Sergei Witte (1849-1915), the man who built modern Russia. Witte presents incisive and often piquant portraits of the mighty and those around them--powerful Alexander III, the weak-willed Nicholas II, and the neurasthenic Empress Alexandra, along with his own notorious cousin, Madam blavatsky, the "priestess of the occult".

Zusammenfassung
An account of the later years of Tsarism. Witte presents portraits of the statesmen around him, explains the problem of bringing the economy to a level commensurate with Russia's putative position as the greatest land power in the world and the effort to create a constitutional monarchy.

Inhalt
Volume I: 1849-1903; 1_1: My Family; 1_2: General Fadeev and His Times; 1_3: Some Caucasian Memories; 1_4: My Education; 1_5: The Odessa Railroad, 187079; 1_6: St. Petersburg, 187980; 1_7: Kievan Years 188089; 1_8: Kievan Years, 188089; 1_9: Kiev in the 1880s; 1_10: Kiev in the 1880s; 1_11: Director of the Department of Railroad Affairs 188991; 1_12: St. Petersburg, 188991; 1_13: Minister of Ways and Communications, 189192; 1_14: Family Matters; 1_15: Prince Vladimir Petrovich Meshcherskii; 1_16: Fellow Ministers and Other High Officials, 188994; 1_17: Minister of Finance; 1_18: Emperor Alexander III; 1_19: My Work as Minister of Finance under Emperor Alexander III; 1_20: The Imperial Court; 1_21: Last Days of Emperor Alexander III; 1_22: A New Reign Begins; 1_23: The New Emperor's First Personnel Changes, 189495; 1_24: The Sino-Russtan Treaty of 1896; 1_25: The Khodynka Tragedy; 1_26: Mayctober 1896; 1_27: Some New Faces, Some New and Unfortunate Policies 189698; 1_28: The Visiting Dignitaries, 1897; 1_29: Origins of the War with Japan, 189700; 1_30: Foreign Affairs, 189800; 1_31: A New Minister of Interior and Some Minor Developments, 189800; 1_32: The Imperial Court; 1_33: On the Road to War and Revolution, 190103; 1_34: My Departure from the Office of Minister of Finance; Volume II: 190306; 2_1: On the Eve of War; 2_22: My Differences with Plehve; 2_3: The First Months of War, Januaryuly 1904; 2_4: The olitical Spring and Bloody Sunday; 2_5: War and Peace, Februaryeptember 1905; 2_6: General Strike; 2_7: General Strike; 2_8: The October Manifesto; 2_9: My First Ten Days as Premier; 2_10: Impediments to My Work; 2_11: The Restoration of Order; 2_12: Cabinet Changes; 2_13: The Loan That Saved Russia's Financial Strength; 2_14: Fulfilling the Promise of the October 17 Manifesto; 2_15: The End of My Tenure; Volume III; 3_1: Exile?; 3_2: Attempts on My Life; 3_3: Personalia, 190711; 3_4: Formation of the Goremykin Government; 3_5: The First State Duma; 3_6: The Opening of the Stolypin Era; 3_7: The Second State Duma; 3_8: Stolypin in the Ascendant, 190710; 3_9: Foreign Affairs, 190711; 3_10: Court Calendar, 190711; 3_11: Politics and the Armed Forces, 190711; 3_12: The End of the Stolypin Era

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