The higher administration of Siberia was influenced by excellent intentions, and I can only repeat that, everything considered, it was far better, far more enlightened, and far more interested in the welfare of the people than the administration of any other province of Russia.
Kropotkin acknowledges the positive intentions of the Siberian administration, contrasting it with other provinces in Russia.
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