Governor Nicholay Lvovich Gondatti: scientist and social activist

Currently, it is quite often been judged that the key reason for the downfall of the autocracy was presence of administrative staff inept and incapable of management at managerial posts. Certainly it is extremely difficult to give unambiguous assessment of the entire bureaucratic world of Russia, and therefore, it turns to be particularly relevant to consider a single person in the position of the head of the pre-revolutionary Russian province. Siberia and the complexity of its development required of the tsarist government to make extremely careful and intelligent decisions in choosing the heads of regions. The present article focuses on Nicholay Lvovich Gondatti, a man of exceptional abilities.