Is the case closed?

The review is dedicated to the book by A.M. Popov, published in 2023, «Two Steps to the Abyss. Intrigues against the Minister of War and the self-destruction of power in Russia in 1907-1915». Its main themes are considered: the so-called «Myasoedov Affair», political intrigues against the Minister of War in 1912 and 1915, and the specifics of the functioning of the state apparatus of the Russian Empire in 1907-1915. Special attention is paid to the establishment of a counterintelligence service in Russia.

The Colonel Myasoedov Affair, V.A. Sukhomlinov, P.A. Stolypin, V.F. Dzhunkovsky, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich (the younger), the internal policy of the Russian Empire, the June third monarchy, counterintelligence