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Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Гучко́в; 14 October 1862 – 14 February 1936) was a Russian politician, Chairman of the Third Duma and Minister of War in the Russian Provisional Government.
Aleksandr Ivanovich Guchkov was a statesman and leader of the moderate liberal political movement in Russia between 1905 and 1917. The son of a wealthy Moscow merchant, Guchkov studied at the universities of Moscow and Berlin, traveled widely, fought against the British in the South African (Boer)
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Alexander Guchkov was war minister in the Provisional Government until May 1915, when he was replaced by Kerensky. Before his departure, Guchkov delivered a speech on the fate of Russia and her government, suggesting that it was at the “edge of an abyss”:
Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Гучко́в; 14 October 1862 – 14 February 1936) was a Russian politician, Chairman of the Third Duma and Minister of War in the Russian Provisional Government.
Aleksandr Ivanovich Guchkov (əlyĬksän´dər ēvä´nəvĬch gŏŏch´kôf), 1862–1936, Russian political leader. A prominent businessman, during the 1905 revolution he helped found the Octobrist party, which was based on acceptance of Czar Nicholas II's October Manifesto; the manifesto in effect made Russia a constitutional monarchy.
Apr 26, 2017 · The Minister of War in the Provisional Government, Guchkov, is the former alter ago of Stolypin the “hangman”. The Foreign Minister, Milyukov , is an imperialist who supports continuing the war “to a victorious end”.
Alexander Guchkov was born in Moscow, Russia on 14th October, 1862. He was a major industrialist and in 1907 was elected to the Duma. Guchkov advocated political reform and became leader of the Octobrist Party. Later he became a leading figure in the Constitutional Democratic Party (Cadets).
