People of the Revolution and the USSR
Union of 17 October (Octobrists)
Background: Russia
The old regime and its challengers 1905–1917
Clear all
GlossaryUnion of 17 October (Octobrists)
- Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov Александр Иванович Гучков Octobrist leader who received the Tsar's abdication: Boer War volunteer turned Provisional Government minister
- Alexander Dmitrievich Protopopov Александр Дмитриевич Протопопов The last interior minister of the Russian Empire: elevated by Rasputin, destroyed by his own unraveling
- Boris Aleksandrovich Engelhardt Борис Александрович Энгельгардт Headed the Duma Military Commission whose order sending the garrison back to barracks triggered Order No. 1