The Curse of the Romanovs —— A Study of the Lives and the Reigns of Two Tsars Paul I and Alexander I of Russia; 1754-1825

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ISBN: 9781330386439 出版年：2016 页码：493 Angelo S Rappoport Forgotten Books

Of their rulers in connection only with their mis fortunes, with Oppression, war, military colonies, police, prisons, Schluesselburg, Siberia, the mines, tortures, and the knout. And it is also the doom of Autocracy that even its attempts at liberalism should be frustrated. Autocracy, I do not hesitate to maintain, must be the enemy of the people or Autocracy would cease to exist, but the logical result Of its attitude will one day be its annihilation. Sooner or later assassination is the inevitable fate of the ruler whose Oppression becomes unbearable, as in the case Of Paul I, whilst disappointment and a return to reactionary measures is the result of all liberal attempts on the part Of Autocracy, as in the case of Alexander I. Paul I and Alex ander I, the subjects Of the present study, are two typical examples Of the fate of the Romanovs. They either remain faithful to the spirit Of Auto cracy, and assassination stares them in the face, or they inaugurate an era of liberalism, but finding that they thus undermine their own existence, they turn reactionaries and lose their mental balance, as in the case of Alexander.