Email this article Memoirs of the Minister-Secretary of State A. F. Langhoff (1906–1913) as a Source for the History of Government Policy of the Russian Empire in the Grand Duchy of Finland
- Authors: Bakhturina A.Y.1
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Affiliations:
- Russian State University for the Humanities
- Issue: No 89 (2025)
- Pages: 13-19
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2222-5064/article/view/367264
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.25807/22225064_2025_89_13
- ID: 367264
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The article examines the features of the memoirs of A. F. Langhoff, Minister-Secretary
of State for the Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Finland, as a historical source on the history of
the policy of the tsarist government in Finland. The article analyses the features of the structure
and content of the memories, as well as key stages of A. F. Langhoff’s biography. Based on
the analysis of the available research literature, a conclusion is drawn about the reasons for the
relatively limited research interest in this source. It is shown how the features of Langhoff’s
offi cial status and the complexity of his interaction with P. A. Stolypin were refl ected in the text
of the memoirs. It is concluded that Langhoff’s goals in writing his memoirs were not only to
preserve for his contemporaries the history of the most important decisions of the tsarist gov-
ernment concerning the Finnish question, including the laws of 1908 and 1910, and to discuss
the situation of landless Finnish tenant farmers, but also to document his own, albeit ultimately
unsuccessful, attempts to infl uence the decisions of the tsarist government in the interests of
the Finnish people and the autonomous rights of Finland.
of State for the Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Finland, as a historical source on the history of
the policy of the tsarist government in Finland. The article analyses the features of the structure
and content of the memories, as well as key stages of A. F. Langhoff’s biography. Based on
the analysis of the available research literature, a conclusion is drawn about the reasons for the
relatively limited research interest in this source. It is shown how the features of Langhoff’s
offi cial status and the complexity of his interaction with P. A. Stolypin were refl ected in the text
of the memoirs. It is concluded that Langhoff’s goals in writing his memoirs were not only to
preserve for his contemporaries the history of the most important decisions of the tsarist gov-
ernment concerning the Finnish question, including the laws of 1908 and 1910, and to discuss
the situation of landless Finnish tenant farmers, but also to document his own, albeit ultimately
unsuccessful, attempts to infl uence the decisions of the tsarist government in the interests of
the Finnish people and the autonomous rights of Finland.
About the authors
Alexandra Yu. Bakhturina
Russian State University for the Humanities
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1116-4265
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