The Pupils of Peter the Great a History of the Russian Court And Empire From 16
The Pupils of Peter the Great a History of the Russian Court And Empire From 16
Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet), 1854-1909
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Then too, not all the offenders had been equally offensive, and a few, a very few, of the Russian magnates had never swerved from their loyalty, and these should be rewarded. Such, judging from the proceedings of her government, were the intentions of the new Sovereign. Her earliest measures seemed to breathe a spirit of clemency and indul- gence. She appeared bent rather upon compensating the disappointed, than upon chastising the froward. The Supreme Privy Council was of course abolished ; bu...t among the twenty-one members of the reorganized Administrative Senate, which superseded it, Demetrius Golitsuin, Vasily Dolgoruki, and their respective kinsmen, the two Field Marshals, much to their own surprise, were commanded to take their places by the side of Ostermann, Golovkin, 1 84 THE PUPILS OF PETER THE GREAT. Yaguzhinsky, and Cherkasky. The Empress also appointed the wife of Marshal Golitsuin her first lady-in-waiting, and his son one of her gentlemen, while the Marshal himself was presently nominated President of the College of War, or War Minister.
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