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The Memoirs of COUNT WITTE The Memoirs of COUNT WITTE Translated and Edited by SIDNEY HARCAVE First published 1990 by M.E. Sharpe Published 2015 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX 14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 1990 Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved. No part of this book maybe reprinted or reproduced or util ised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notices No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use of operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds,or experiments described herein. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility. Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vitte, S. iu. (SergeliUI'evich), graf, 1849-1915. The memoirs of Count Witte. Rev. translation of Vospominaniiii, which includes text of the unpublished Zapisi Grafa Vitte. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Vitte, S. ill. (SergeliUI'evich), graf, 1849-1915. 2. Statesmen-Soviet Union-Biography. 3. Soviet Union-Politics and government-1894-1917. I. Harcave, Sidney, 1916- . II. Title. DK254.W5V5 1990 947.08'092 89-43534 ISBN 13: 9780873325714 (hbk) Contents Introduction by Sidney Harcave Xlll Countess Witte's Foreword XXlll 1. V. Hessen's Introduction: Excerpt xxv A. L. Sidorov's Introduction: Excerpts XXXI VOLUME /J 1849-1903 I My Family 3 II General Fadeev and His Times 12 III Some Caucasian Memories 20 IV My Education 29 V The Odessa Railroad, 1870-1879 40 vi VI St. Petersburg, 1879-1880: Service on the Southwestern Railroad, My First Marriage, the Baranov Commission, Railroad Kings 52 VII Kievan Years, 1880-1889: Service with the Southwestern Railroad 63 VIII Kievan Years, 1880-1889: The Holy Brotherhood 68 IX Kiev in the 1880s: More or Less Interesting Personalities 72 X Kiev in the 1880s: Contacts with Emperor Alexander III and His Family 90 XI Director of the Department of Railroad Affairs, 1889-1891 96 XII St. Petersburg, 1889-1891: People and Incidents 105 XIII Minister of Ways and Communications, 1891-1892 117 XIV Family Matters 131 XV Prince Vladimir Petrovich Meshcherskii 134 vii XVI Fellow Ministers and Other High Offi'cials, 1889-1894 143 XVII Minister of Finance: Appointment and Personnel 160 XVIII Emperor Alexander III 170 XIX My Work as Minister of Finance under Emperor Alexander III 179 XX The Imperial Court 198 XXI Last Days of Emperor Alexander III 205 XXII A New Reign Begins 209 XXIII The New Emperor's First Personnel Changes, 1894-1895 214 XXIV The Sino-Russian Treaty of 1896 227 XXV The Khodynka Tragedy 239 XXVI May-October 1896: Liquor Monopoly, Nizhnii Novgorod Exhibition, the Gold Standard, the Bosphorus 243 XXVII Some New Faces, Some New and Unfortunate Policies, 1896-1898 253 viii XXVIII The Visiting Dignitaries) 1897 267 XXIX Origins of the War with Japan) 1897-1900 273 XXX Foreign Affairs) 1898-1900: The Hague Peace Conference) the Fashoda Incident) a New Foreign Minister 284 XXXI A New Minister oj Interior and Some Minor Developments) 1898-1900 288 XXXII The Imperial Court: The Succession Question) Changing Mores 296 XXXIII On the Road to War and Revolution) 1901-1903 300 XXXIV My Departure from the Office of Minister of Finance 312 Appendix A Some of My Achievements as Minister of Finance 318 Appendix B My Work on the Peasant and Nobility Questions) 1893-1905 327 Appendix C Letter from Witte to Nicholas II Concerning the Proposed Conference on the Peasant Question 342 ix Appendix D The Origins of the Russo- Japanese War: Excerpts 348 VOLUME II) 1903-1906 I On the Eve of War 353 II My Differences with Plehve 370 III The First Months oj War, January-July 1904 382 IV The ((Political Spring" and Bloody Sunday 392 V War and Peace, February-September 1905 417 VI Return to Russia: Paris, Berlin, Rominten 450 VII General Strike 459 VIII The October Manifesto 479 IX My First Ten Days as Premier 492 X Impediments to My Work: General Trepov and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich 513 XI The Restoration of Order 522
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