Ekaterina Shulman and Maksim Kurnikov in Cologne: "Death of the Autocrat. Defeat and Reforms"

Political scientist Ekaterina Shulman and journalist Maksim Kurnikov deliver an analytical lecture on the patterns of political transformation. The focus is the end of Nicholas I's reign as an example of how an era of authoritarian rule comes to a close.

The lecture examines how institutional crises and the consequences of large-scale external conflicts become catalysts for state reform.