Abstract
N. A. Milyutin’s “Comments” on the article “Aristocracy and the interests of the nobility. Thoughts and remarks on the peasant issue” by V. P. Bezobrazov reveal an under-reported episode of government policy in the field of the press during the development of peasant and localselfgovernment reforms. Consideration of V. P. Bezobrazov’s article in a special meeting of the Council of Ministers and the subsequent censorship repressions demonstrate both the inconsistency of the attitude of the supreme power to the periodical press and the personal positions of Alexander II and N. A. Milyutin regarding the political ambitions of the nobility during the discussion of draft reforms.
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