Vladimir Iosifovich Gurko (russian: Влади́мир Ио́сифович Гу́рко; December 12, 1862 in

Tsarskoye Selo Tsarskoye Selo ( rus, Ца́рское Село́, p=ˈtsarskəɪ sʲɪˈlo, a=Ru_Tsarskoye_Selo.ogg, "Tsar's Village") was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the cen ...

– February 18, 1927 in

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) was a Russian government official and a member of the

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Life

He was the son of

Iosif Gurko Count Iosif Vladimirovich Romeyko-Gurko (russian: Граф Ио́сиф Влади́мирович Роме́йко-Гурко́, Iósif Vladímirovič Roméjko-Gurkó; — ), also known as Joseph or Ossip Gourko, was a prominent Russian ...

. His brother was general

Vasily Gurko Vasily Iosifovich Romeyko-Gurko (russian: Васи́лий Ио́сифович Роме́йко-Гу́рко; 20 May 1864 in Tsarskoye Selo – 11 February 1937) served for a brief period as a Chief-of-Staff of the Imperial Russian Army before be ...

. He graduated from

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, and worked in the State Chancellery of the Ministry of Interior. In 1906, he became Assistant Minister of Interior, and worked with ministers

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and

Pyotr Stolypin Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ( rus, Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин, p=pʲɵtr ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ stɐˈlɨpʲɪn; – ) was a Russian politician and statesman. He served as the third prime minister and the interior minist ...

. In 1906 he and the businessman Eric Lidval were involved in the Gurko-Lidval corruption affair.Footnote 174, "The Social-Democrats and the Duma election"
volume 11 of the ''Collected Works'' (1965) by V.I. Lenin. In 1909 he was elected a member of Tver

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assembly. He campaigned for the position of Tver Marshal of Nobility, but lost. In 1912 Gurko was elected Member of

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by the Tver zemstvo and joined its right-wing group. He opposed the 1917 revolution and left Russia afterwards. He represented the State Unity Council at the

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. He wrote detailed memoirs, which were published by

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References

Works

* V.I. Gurko
Features And Figures Of The Past. Government And Opinion In The Reign Of Nicholas II.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurko, Vladimir 1862 births 1927 deaths People from Pushkin, Saint Petersburg People from Tsarskoselsky Uyezd Members of the Russian Assembly White movement people Russian memoirists Moscow State University alumni Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France White Russian emigrants to the United States