- Pyotr Dolgorukov
Prince Pyotr Vladimirovich Dolgorukov ( _ru. Петр Владимирович Долгоруков) (1816-1868) was a
Russia n historian and journalist known for his genealogical research and as an outspoken critic of the Imperial Russian government.Dolgorukov was repeatedly persecuted for his anti-government publications and defected to
Paris in 1859. As a result, he was deprived by the authorities of all titles and property, and declared a permanent exile. After Dolgorukov's death, his archives were acquired by the Russian government.Some of Dolgorukov’s chief works include: "Российский родословный сборник" (“Russian Genealogical Collection”;
St. Petersburg , 1840-41), "Сведения о роде князей Долгоруковых" (“Accounts about the Princely House of Dolgorukov”, 1842), "Notices sur les principales familles de la Russie, par le c-te Almagro" (Paris, 1842), "Российская родословная книга" (“Russian Genealogical Book”, 1855-57), "La vérité sur la Russie" (Paris, 1860), "De la question du servage en Russie" (Paris, 1860), "Le general Ermolow" (1861), "Des reformes en Russie, suivi d'un aperçu sur les états generaux russes au XVI et au XVII s." (1862), "Михаил Николаевич Муравьев" (“Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov”; St. Petersburg, 1864), "Memoires" (Geneva -Basel , 1867-71). [ru icon [http://www.rulex.ru/01050561.htm Долгоруков] . Russian Biographic Lexicon.]References
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