Thursday, July 24, 2025

Today -100: July 24, 1925: Of dead PMs


Earlier this month, Russia executed Prince Nikolai Golitsyn, 75, the last prime minister before the February Revolution, for alleged monarchist counter-revolutionary activity.

Golitsyn will be “rehabilitated” in 2004.

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  1. Looks like he was in office for about 2 months, and "regularly fell asleep during State Council meetings" (Wikipedia). After being arrested, starved and tortured by the Bolsheviks, he earned his living repairing shoes. His execution at age 75 was probably a blessing.

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