Герцен против самодержавия

The book tells about one of the bright pages of Herzen's activity - the political denunciation of the tsarist autocracy. In the secret archives, the imperial authorities kept ominous details about the suppression of popular uprisings, the struggle against revolutionaries and "seditious" literature, as well as palace coups and power struggles between various contenders.
The author tells about the case of Tsarevich Alexei, the secret constitutional projects of the 18th century, the regicide on March 11, 1861, Pushkin and the Decembrists, the abduction of Prince Dolgorukov's archive by the Secret Police, and so on.
The free Russian press played an important role in the struggle of progressive social thought of that time.