Nikolai Golitsyn

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For the Russian aristocrat, see Nikolai Borisovich Galitzin.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitriyevich and the family name is Golitsyn.
Nicholas II
Preceded byAlexander Trepov
Succeeded byGeorgy Lvov (As Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government)
Personal details
Born(1850-04-12)12 April 1850
Porechye,
Russian
Alma materTsarskoye Selo Lyceum

N.S.) until his government resigned after the outbreak of the February Revolution
.

Biography

Golitsyn was born in Porechye, a village in the

Empress Alexandra's charity
commissions.

Prime minister

On 25 December he was invited by

Pavel Ignatieff, Alexander Makarov and Dmitry Shuvayev were replaced; Nikolai Dobrovolsky was appointed. The Council of Ministers officially met once or twice a week (seven meetings in January, six in February). The main concern of the government was "food and transport." The most important thing, according to Prince Golitsyn, was the convocation of the Duma and the desire to work together with it and somehow make this work possible. The government discussed the timeframe for resuming the Duma sessions: it was originally scheduled to open on 12 January, then - on 31 January, but in the end, it was postponed until 14 February.[2] Protopopov, who excused himself many times and did not attend the meetings, suggested dissolution or postponing the Duma even further.[3]

Despite being the oldest member of the council (Golitsyn was 66, while the others were 36 to 63 years old), he was not a leader. (His advanced years led him to regularly fall asleep during

Nevsky Prospekt became more serious. On 25th members of the government gathered at Golitsyn's apartment at Konnogvardeyskiy Bul'var, 13. Belyaev
suggested his colleagues remove Protopopov from his post, as he saw in him the main cause of unrest.

On 26 February, the tsar ordered the army to suppress the rioting by force, but troops began to mutiny, joined the protesters, and demanded a new constitutional government. In the evening the meeting of the Duma was prorogued, although Golitsyn and

ukaze which had been given to Trepov) declaring that his majesty had decided to interrupt the Imperial Duma until 1 April, leaving it with no legal authority to act. The deputies refused to leave and a private committee of Duma members
was formed to help restore order.

Downfall and execution

The Council of Ministers met the evening of 27 February and submitted its resignation to the emperor, asking Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich to temporarily act as regent, which he refused. Following Nicholas's decision to abdicate, the Provisional Committee of the State Duma ordered former ministers and senior officials arrested.[8] Golitsyn was arrested by police and transferred to the Peter and Paul Fortress for interrogation, where he was starved and tortured, then released on 13 March.

On 21 April he was again arrested by police and interrogated by the Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry of the Provisional Government.

Leningrad
on the charge of participating in a "counter-revolutionary monarchist organization".

Family

Prince Nikolai Golitsyn married in Saint Petersburg on 7 April 1881 Evgenia Andrejevna von Grünberg (Saint-Petersburg, 18 April 1864 - Nice, 18 July 1934). The couple had six children:

References

  1. ^ "Падение царского режима. Том 2/Допрос кн. Н. Д. Голицина 21 апреля 1917 — Викитека".
  2. ^ F.A. Gaida (2020) The "Cabinet" of Prince N.D. Golitsyn and the search for a political course in the winter of 1916-1917. In: Russian history. 2020. № 1. p. 75-90 Russian: Гайда Ф. А. «Кабинет» князя Н. Д. Голицынв и поиски политического курса зимой 1916—1917 гг. // Российская история. 2020. № 1.
  3. ^ "Падение царского режима. Том 2/Допрос кн. Н. Д. Голицина 21 апреля 1917 — Викитека".
  4. ^ F.A. Gaida (2020) The "Cabinet" of Prince N.D. Golitsyn and the search for a political course in the winter of 1916-1917.
  5. ^ Ф.А. Гайда, к.и.н., исторический факультет МГУ им. М. В. Ломоносова. "Министр внутренних дел Н. А. Маклаков: политическая карьера русского Полиньяка"
  6. ^ "Голицын Николай Дмитриевич".
  7. ^ Katkov, p. 286
  8. ^ Orlando Figes (2006) A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891–1924, p. 328-329.
  9. ^ "Падение царского режима. Том 2/Допрос кн. Н. Д. Голицина 21 апреля 1917 — Викитека".
  10. ^ F.A. Gaida (2020) The "Cabinet" of Prince N.D. Golitsyn and the search for a political course in the winter of 1916-1917.
  11. ^ "Генпрокуратура реабилитировала князя Голицына: Россия: Lenta.ru". Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-09-24.

Sources

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O.S
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