In the second half of the 19th century Germans formed 15% of ministers, 25% of the State Council members, 40% of senators, 50% of generals and 60% of governors in the Russian Empire. This book focuses on the role of the Germans in the history of Russia for the last 300 years. It tells the story of the Ballod family from Latvia, the life of Baltic people in the 17th to early 20th centuries. (0.375 kg.)