Vasily Maklakov in St. Petersburg. © State Historical Museum, Moscow.
© 2017 by Stephen F. Williams
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Names: Williams, Stephen F., author.
Title: The reformer: how one liberal fought to preempt the Russian Revolution / by Stephen F. Williams.
Other titles: How one liberal fought to preempt the Russian Revolution
Description: New York: Encounter Books, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017006458 (print) | LCCN 2017035181 (ebook) | ISBN 9781594039546 (Ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Maklakov, V. A. (Vasilii Alekseevich), 1870–1957. | Politicians—Russia—Biography. | Reformers—Russia—Biography. | Liberalism—Russia—History—20th century. | Russia—Politics and government—1894–1917.
Classification: LCC DK254.M23 (ebook) | LCC DK254.M23 W55 2017 (print) | DDC 947.08/3092 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017006458
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Dick Williams
and
Jack Powelson
Who kept asking useful questions*
* They also proposed quite a few answers
Contents
CHAPTER 1 Scapegrace and Scholar
CHAPTER 4 Into Politics—and Early Signs of Deviance from Party Dogma
CHAPTER 5 A Constitution for Russia?
Challenging Stolypin, Engaging Stolypin
III. Reform in the Third and Fourth Dumas
CHAPTER 8 The Third and Fourth Dumas and Maklakov’s Fight against Government Arbitrariness
CHAPTER 10 National Minorities
CHAPTER 11 Judicial Reform, Citizen Remedies
IV. The Slide toward Revolution
CHAPTER 15 War—and the Mad Chauffeur
CHAPTER 16 The Killing of Rasputin
The Rule of Law as the Thin End of the Wedge