Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


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«Leprous Court Camarilla»: Investigation of Activity of «Dark Forces» of Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry of Provisional Government

The paper addresses the problem of the influence of the camarilla of internal and external policies of the last Russian emperor. Based on the analysis of materials of the Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry of Provisional Government, and other sources in the article assesses the role and importance of the camarilla in policy decisions Nicholas II. The article concludes that the camarilla, the so-called «dark forces», along with other negative factors, have played a fateful role in the fate of the country.

G. E. Rasputin and «Rasputiniada» in Russia’s Destiny Early XX Century (According to the Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry of Provisional Government)

The article attempts to define the role and impact of GE Rasputin on domestic and foreign policies of the last Russian emperor. Emphasis is placed on the study materials of Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry of Provisional Government, engaged «survey of the dark forces». The author concludes that the result of political and criminal adventures of Rasputin at the royal court was to discredit the royal family and the destruction of the sacredness of the Russian monarchy.