Vladimir Iosifovich Gurko (1862–1927) was a Russian government official and right-wing politician.

Life

Son of the Iosif Gurko. Brother of the general Vasily Gurko

Vasily Gurko

Vasily Iosifovich Gurko served for a brief period as a Chief-of-Staff of the Imperial Russian Army before being forced out of the country in exile following the October Revolution of 1917.- Biography :Son of the Iosif Gurko...

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Graduate of Moscow University. Worked in the State Chancellery, in the Ministry of Interiour. Since 1906, Assistant minister of Interiour, worked with ministers Pyotr Durnovo and Pyotr Stolypin

Pyotr Stolypin

Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin served as the leader of the 3rd DUMA—from 1906 to 1911. His tenure was marked by efforts to repress revolutionary groups, as well as for the institution of noteworthy agrarian reforms. Stolypin hoped, through his reforms, to stem peasant unrest by creating a class of...

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In 1909 elected member of Tver zemstvo

Zemstvo

Zemstvo was a form of local government that was instituted during the great liberal reforms performed in Imperial Russia by Alexander II of Russia. The idea of the zemstvo was elaborated by Nikolay Milyutin, and the first zemstvo laws were put into effect in 1864...

 assembly. Campained for the position of Tver Marshal of Nobility

Marshal of Nobility

Marshal of Nobility was an elected position in Russian local self-government prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917.- History :Nobility of each province formed a corporation, Noble Society , governed by the Assembly of Nobility with an elected Marshal of Nobility at its head...

, but lost elections. In 1912 Gurko was elected Member of State Council

State Council of Imperial Russia

The State Council was the supreme state advisory body to the Tsar in Imperial Russia.-18th century:Early Tsars' Councils were small and dealt primarily with the external politics....

 by the Tver zemstvo, joined it's right-wing group.

Opposed 1917 revolution and left Russia. Wrote detailed memoirs, published by Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

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Works

• V.I. Gurko. Features And Figures Of The Past. Government And Opinion In The Reign Of Nicholas II.