B.P. MANSUROV’S CAREER AS AN EXAMPLE OF “GOVERNMENT-OFFICIALDOM” RELATIONS IN THE SECOND HALF OF XIX CENTURY

Abstract

An interest in historical anthropology is actively shown in recent decades in the national historiography. This fact explains the urgency consisting in the need to micro-level studies of the actors reform activities of the second half of the XIX century. This will on the one hand present a deeper understanding of the essence of some of the processes of transformation of the Russian Empire in the late XIX - early XX century, but on the other hand to work out a methodology for such research, which is used in modern historiography is not enough to study the history of the formation of the state apparatus. The aim is a professional biography of a prominent official and politician of the second half of XIX century B.P. Mansurov. As a graduate of the School of Law, a special educational institution for public servants, as well as having certain personal qualities, B.P. Mansurov was an image of the ideal official. Particular attention is paid to the dynamics of his career change. Professional activities of B.P. Mansurov combines elements of direct execution of orders originating on the country’s top officials and moments of creative planning and implementation of their own programs. The dependence of the career focus and context of government transformations is revealed.