Titlebook: Michael Speransky Statesman of Imperial Russia 1772–1839; Marc Raeff Book 1969Latest edition Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1969

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Plans of Reform,o the government and administration. As a member of the bureaucracy and with many friends among the influential new officials of the government, Speransky was naturally caught up in this spirit. Everybody talked and wrote about what was wrong with Russia and what could be done to improve the situati

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An Unpleasant Interlude Speransky and the Decembrists,nts which took place in December 1825 on the occasion of the death of Alexander I and the ensuing interregnum. Much against his will, he was at first himself implicated in the Decembrist movement, and later given an important part in the trial of the conspirators of December 14. This involvement aff

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Codifying Russian Law, administration. One of the most serious deficiencies was the absence of clear laws and a general lack of knowledge of the pertinent legislation even by those who had to apply it. The relations between individuals and the procedures of the courts were regulated in a haphazard way instead of being th

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