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Issue ? 50. June 2015Activity of the Commission of General Petrov and the Arrest of V.A. Sukhomlinov (1915-1916)Artem V. EvdokimovGraduate student, Institute of International Relations and World History, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Russian Federation. The article analyzes the activity of the commission of general Petrov and its role in the struggle for power between the public counter-elite and the autocracy. The author concludes that the creation of the Petrov’s commission trapped the emperor and the government, because any decision in the “Sukhomlinov case” led to the inevitable decline in the prestige of the monarchy in general and Nicholas II personally. After the arrest of the former minister of military affairs, the overthrow of the autocracy was just a matter of time.
World War I, Petrov’s commission, elite, public counter-elite, struggle for power, “Sukhomlinov case”. Comments:
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