My past and thoughts, vol. 2 (of 6)

Note 52 — Chapter 27 The Provincial Government—I am under my own Supervision—The Duhobors and Paul—The Paternal Rule of the Landowners—Count Araktcheyev and the Military Settlements—A Ferocious Investigation—Retirement

Constance Garnett translation

Araktcheyev left, I believe, a hundred thousand roubles to be paid a hundred years later, together with the accumulated interest, to the man who should write the best history of the reign of Alexander I.

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