autocracy

Scientific research about well-known Russian lawyer A.I. Urusove. Urusov has become famous as the lawyer protecting participants of the secret terrorist organisation. For support of revolutionaries was exposed to prosecutions. The power forbade it to conduct professional work. In article severe methods of prosecution are shown by Russian autocracy of oppositionists. Long time was in exile, but has not surrendered. In research it is a lot of contemporary records.

The author focuses on the lighting the reign of Ivan IV the Terrible by P.-Sh. Leveque on the pages of his «Russian History». Leveque was the first of the French historians who have tried to not only to give a critical assessment of the era, but also have tried to make an objective look at on the personality of the Russian autocrat of the XVI century.

The problem of the political structure of Russia took one of the most important places in the views of prince E. Ukhtomskiy. He held the conservative views, but often criticized the various aspects of the Russian society. On the one hand, this caused discontent among the more conservative groups, but on the other hand, this position brought him together with liberal activists.