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| The Spring of Svyatopolk-Mirsky in autumn, 1904 |
| 2021-08-28 |
| Direct translation via Google Translate by Oleg Airapeto [REGNUM] On August 26 (September 8), 1904, it became finally clear - the troops of the Manchurian army left Liaoyang. On this day, General-Advisor was appointed to the post of Minister of Internal Affairs. general - l. book P. D. Svyatopolk-Mirsky graduated from the Corps of Pages and the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff. From 1895 he held administrative positions in Penza (1895−1897), Ekaterinoslavsky (1897−1900) as governor, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and commander of the Separate Corps of Gendarmes (1900−1902), Vilensky, Kovensky and the Governor-General of Grodno (1902-1904). There were rumors in society that he did not want a new appointment. The general had a reputation for being gentle. Witte rejoiced, who believed that now was the time for a new policy. Both the rumors and the reputation were justified. |
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