Great Russian revolution

The article reconstructs the history of the family of the noble family Panchulidzev in the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries on the basis of a set of documentary materials and scientific literature. The biography of Sergei Alekseevich Panchulidzev is reconstructed, his role as a zemstvo figure of Saratov province, in the Council of the United Nobility and a researcher of the history of the Russian army is shown.

The paper analyses the peculiarities of the political process in post-February revolutionary period which was notable for peculiar political forces arrangement, mythologized public consciousness with its belief in miracles and «setting in the realm of freedom». A new legal system was not developed, the level of public legal awareness and political culture was very low. This was one of the important reasons of Russian sovereignty downfall, the situation in the center and the province confirming this.