Nikolai Alexejewitsch Milyutin
Nikolay Milyutin ( Russian Николай Алексеевич Милютин , scientific. Transliteration Nikolaj Alekseevic Miliutin ; June * 6 . Jul / 18th June 1818 greg. In Moscow , † January 26 . Jul / 7. February 1872 . Greg ) was a Russian Politician best known as the chief architect of the great liberal reforms under Alexander II , including the abolition of serfdom and the creation of the zemstva .
life and work
Milyutin was the nephew of Count Pavel Kisselev , an influential Russian reformer during the reactionary rule of Nicholas I. His brothers were Vladimir Milyutin (1826–1855), a social reformer and journalist, and Dmitri Milyutin , later Minister of War and one of the great military leaders in Russia in the 19th century.
Nikolai graduated from Moscow University and started working in the Interior Ministry in 1835. A man who advocated liberal ideas such as those of the Slavophiles , the young Milyutin helped reform the local government of Saint Petersburg , Moscow and Odessa in the 1840s. In his position as Deputy Minister of the Interior since 1859, he succeeded in pushing through his vision of an ambitious liberal reform against the resistance of conservatives and angry nobles. The Emancipation Manifesto of 1861 was largely his draft.
During the January uprising he was sent to Poland to implement the reforms there. He developed an extensive program of Russification , which included the abolition of serfdom at the expense of the Polish nationalist landowners, and the exclusion of Catholic priests from Polish schools.
Milyutin resigned from office in 1866 after suffering a stroke and spent the rest of his life in seclusion.
Web links
- Article Nikolai Alexejewitsch Miljutin in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Milyutin, Nikolai Alexejewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Милютин, Николай Александрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chief architect of the great liberal reforms under Alexander II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1872 |
| Place of death | Moscow |