Michael Speransky. Statesman of Imperial Russia, 1772–1839 - Marc Raeff

THE BEGINNINGS 9 graduation. It is also to be noted that in spite of some shortcomings, the Aleksandro-Neskii Seminary was by fa ...

10 THE BEGINNINGS of this exchange of confidences through third persons, a lasting friendship was established between Speransky ...

THE BEGINNINGS 11 Speransky had made good use of the years he had spent at the Aleksandro-Nevskii Seminary. He acquired a great ...

12 THE BEGINNINGS acquainted with this important area of learning than even the best educated layman of his time.^1 The contents ...

THE BEGINNINGS 13 prolixity, disorganization, redundance, and ponderousness of the ordinary government papers of the period. His ...

14 THE BEGINNINGS with his abilities were all too rare. But in this case, he would have had to take monastic vows, and this he w ...

THE BEGINNINGS^15 was the .tutor of the Prince's children, a German called Brueckner. Brueckner, a shy and meek but quite learne ...

16 THE BEGINNINGS their respect and favor. As an illustration of his ability to deal with difficult personalities, we may descri ...

THE BEGINNINGS 17 impatient sovereign did not like to see the realization of his will postponed for long. So, Paul ordered to ro ...

18 nm BEGINNINGS was also gradually becoming acquainted with the social and intellectual life of the Capital. 1 When he came to ...

THE BEGINNINGS 19 needs of the educated classes in Russia, namely the craving for a deeper spiritual and religious life which ne ...

20 THE BEGINNINGS Director of the Chancery of the Procurator of the Senate. This is how Speransky later described his first meet ...

THE BEGINNINGS 21 Amburger. In other words, their circle could be described as that of the commercial and bureaucratic "tiers et ...

22 THE BEGINNINGS reinforced the religious and mystical bent of his speculations. As a result, his personal life almost never in ...

THE BEGINNINGS 23 for the Capital, Speransky formed two friendships which deserve to be mentioned, although they did not last ve ...

24 THE BEGINNINGS standard to himself in running his estates and in dealing with his serfs. Karazin's friendship with Speransky ...

THE BEGINNINGS 25 young daughter. The only close friend who belonged to the higher classes and who was most nearly Speransky's " ...

26 THE BEGINNINGS treated his acquaintances almost like his flunkeys, or, in the case of Magnitsky, court buffoons. He was never ...

THE BEGINNINGS 27 to his being rejected by an arrogant ruling aristocracy. For the Russian nobility, whatever its many faults an ...

28 THE BEGINNINGS He appeared to proclaim to the world that the personal friendship and support of the Emperor were enough for h ...