ABSTRACT
On December 6, 1896, not long after the events I have just described, General Sheremetev, governor of the Caucasus, was relieved of his post at his own request, because he was ill. His departure was to mark an important change, for the worse, for the Caucasus. As I have noted earlier, he was not an effective administrator, but he was kind and gracious and was considered a Caucasian by the inhabitants of the region, who liked him, something that could not be said of their attitude toward his successor, Prince Gregory Golitsyn, known in society as “Gri-Gri.” 1
