Plehve: Repression and Reform in Imperial Russia, 1902-1904

by Edward H. Judge

I found this book very interesting. It is not to be expected that any American would look favorably on Nicholas II's minister of the interior, and Professor Judge very clearly delineates Plehve's shortcomings. Still, fairness would seem to dictate that we acknowledge that he tried to prevent the Gulag Archipelago and all the horrors that followed from the Russian Revolution. Fairness would seem to dictate that that should earn him an indulgence for his shortcomings. ( Amazon customer)

312 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1983