[RUSSIA]: An excellent selection of Autograph Statements signed by a variety of famous Russian personalities ...

[RUSSIA]: An excellent selection of Autograph Statements signed by a variety of famous Russian personalities, beneath an original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, the well executed works depicting each Russian personality in head and shoulders poses, each one page, large folio, various places and dates, including BORIS SAVINKOV (1879-1925) Russian Writer and a revolutionary Terrorist. Responsible for the assassinations of high-ranking Imperial officers. It is unclear if he was killed in prison when returning to the Soviet Union or if he committed suicide. Savinkov states `On these sorrowful days, when disdain, derision, and mockery of the fools have fallen to the diseased and prostrated Russia, I proudly call myself Russian, and I have a strong belief in Russia´s coming glorious life.´, in Cyrillic, 1919; VLADIMIR KOKOVTSOV (1853-1943) Prime Minister of Russia 1911-14 under Tsar Nicholas II. Kokovtsov states `Feri-quod potui - Faicant meliora potentes´, in latin, Saint Petersburg January 1914; Nikolay Tchaikovsky (1850-1926) Russian Revolutionary and leader of the Narodnik movement. Tchaikovsky states in part, in English `…the future belongs to those who know how to construct a better, a more harmonious and more beautiful human society.´ dated in Paris, 1919; Mikhail Muravyov (1845-1900) Russian Statesman, he initiated the Hague Peace Conference; Alexey Yermolov (1847-1917) Russian Politician; Nicolay Mouraviev, Russian military figure under the Tsars; Arthur von Mohrenheim (1824-1906) Russian Diplomat, credited as the responsible of the success of the Alliance of France and Russia of 1894, called ''Two Dressing''. Eugene Bogdanovich, Russian military figure; Constantine Pobebonostsev (1827-1907). VG, 9 £100-150