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This great conflagration became a turning-point not only in the policy of Alexander II., but also in the history of Russia in that part of the century.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin discusses the significance of a major fire in shaping both political policy and historical events in Russia during the 19th century.
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