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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: All the measures I recommended were accepted, and special grants of money were given for aiding the emigration of some…

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All the measures I recommended were accepted, and special grants of money were given for aiding the emigration of some and for supplying cattle to others, as I had suggested.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin recounts how his recommendations for aiding the Cossacks were accepted, reflecting on the bureaucratic process of implementing aid.

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