A new era will begin for Russia. The emperor is dead … A desolate page in the history of the Russian empire has been completed. A new page is being turned in by the hand of time.What events will the new ruling hand write in it; what hopes will it fulfil?

Everyone tried to discover still new questions,

everyone tried to resolve them;

people wrote, read and spoke about projects;

everyone wished to correct, destroy and change things,

and all Russians, as if a single person,

found themselves in an indescribable state of enthusiasm.