Prince Pyotr Vladimirovich Dolgorukov () (1816–1868) was a Russian historian and journalist known for his genealogical research and as a critic of the

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government. His father was the general

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Life

Dolgorukov was known for his anti-government publications. He moved to Paris in 1859 and refused to return to Russia. As a result, he was deprived by the authorities of all titles and property and declared a permanent exile. After Dolgorukov's death, his archives were acquired by the Russian government. Some of Dolgorukov's chief works include: * "Российский родословный сборник" (“Russian Genealogical Collection”;

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, 1840–41), * "Сведения о роде князей Долгоруковых" (“Accounts about the Princely House of Dolgorukov”, 1842),
Notices sur les principales familles de la Russie, par le c-te Almagro
(Paris, 1842), * "Российская родословная книга" (“Russian Genealogical Book”, 1855–57),
La vérité sur la Russie
(Paris, 1860), * "De la question du servage en Russie" (Paris, 1860), * "Le general Ermolow" (1861), * "Des reformes en Russie, suivi d'un aperçu sur les états généraux russes au XVI et au XVII s." (1862), * "Михаил Николаевич Муравьев" (“Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov”; St. Petersburg, 1864), * "Memoires" (

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, 1867–71).

References

Долгоруков
Russian Biographic Lexicon. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolgorukov, Pyotr 1816 births 1868 deaths Political activists Russian genealogists Historians from the Russian Empire Pyotr 19th-century journalists from the Russian Empire 19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire