M. Mysl'. 1982. 206 p. Power in Russia, according to the plans of the Decembrists, was to pass to the provisional government, which was to carry out the first revolutionary transformations and ensure the convocation of the Great Council (Constituent Assembly). As candidates for the future government, they identified not only representatives of the secret society, but also major Russian statesmen known for their moderate-liberal views, who were critical of the autocratic-feudal order. What guided the members of the secret societies, how did they imagine the political views and moods of these individuals, how did they relate to their projects of reforming the state and social structure, what were the contacts between the Decembrists and the alleged members of the provisional government? These and other issues are explored in the book of the Candidate of Historical Sciences A. A. Shishkin. In Semenova (Institute of History of the USSR of the USSR Academy of Sciences). The book under review is the first experience of a special study of this problem. In addition to the published and commonly used sources in the literature, the author relies on documents that she identified in the central archives and manuscript departments of the libraries of Moscow and Leningrad, the Institute of Russian Literature and the State Museum of Fine Arts of the USSR. A.V. Semyonova limited her research to considering the relations of the Decembrists with four candidates for members of the provisional government: M. M. Speransky, N. S. Mordvinov, A. P. Ermolov, and P. D. Kiselyov (each of them is devoted to a separate chapter)1 . Indeed, these individuals had extensive state experience, enjoyed authority in public circles, were associated with members of secret societies, were most often named as candidates for the government, and, naturally, the Decembrists were interested in their assistance to the plans for the transformation of Russia. An analysis of investigative and other materials led ... Читать далее