About the book: 2014 / No, probably, in the political history of Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century. a greater statesman than Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin. An enlightened bureaucrat who did not look for career prospects, he found himself in high positions against his will. A convinced monarchist and radical reformer. A progressive and enlightener in the eyes of some – and a complete reactionary for others. A statesman who tried with all his might to prevent the “great upheavals”, but was never able to do so. Remembering his father, his eldest daughter Maria von Bock (1886–1985) intersperses lyrical family stories with alarming and bitter stories about the fate of the country, which was entering one of the most dramatic periods of its existence. The book was also published under the title “Peter Arkadyevich Stolypin. Memories of my father. 1884-1911».