The Decembrist N.I. Turgenev in the period of Great Reforms in Russia
The subject of the research is N.I Turgenev’s public work in the period of Great Reforms, his views on the reforms, on the role of autocratic monarchy, his contribution to the social thought of the period. An insufficiently explored aspect in historiography - contacts of Turgenev with the great officers of the Empire and public figures - A.F. Orlov, A.M. Gorchakov, N.A. Miljutin, I.S. Turgenev and A.I. Herzen - is covered. New archive materials were used in the research.