Excerpt from Russia Under Alexander III: And in the Preceding Period The amount of information circulating among the English about the phenomena of Russian life is so sparse and so out of proportion to the increasing interest in the subject, that every new book concerning Russia should call forth special attention from the English public, especially if it gives information which cannot be derived from any other source. And so it is, undoubtedly, with the present volume. Characters - both official and unofficial - of the most different types, positions, and activity, pass before the reader in vivid pictures. The Tsar with his surroundings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.