Prince Pyotr Vladimirovich Dolgorukov (1816–1868) was a Russia

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n historian and journalist known for his genealogical research and as an critic of the Imperial Russian

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 government.

Life

Dolgorukov was known for his anti-government publications. He moved to Paris

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 in 1859 and refused to repurt to Russia.

As a result, he was deprived by the authorities of all titles and property, and declared a permanent exile. After Dolgorukov's death, his archives were acquired by the Russian government.

Some of Dolgorukov’s chief works include:

• "Российский родословный сборник" (“Russian Genealogical Collection”; St. Petersburg, 1840-41),
• "Сведения о роде князей Долгоруковых" (“Accounts about the Princely House of Dolgorukov”, 1842),
• Notices sur les principales familles de la Russie, par le c-te Almagro (Paris, 1842),
• "Российская родословная книга" (“Russian Genealogical Book”, 1855-57),
• La vérité sur la Russie (Paris, 1860),
• "De la question du servage en Russie" (Paris, 1860),
• "Le general Ermolow" (1861),
• "Des reformes en Russie, suivi d'un aperçu sur les états généraux russes au XVI et au XVII s." (1862),
• "Михаил Николаевич Муравьев" (“Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov”; St. Petersburg, 1864),
• "Memoires" (Geneva
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  -Basel
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  , 1867-71).