The activities of the Samara Governor A.D. Sverbeev

The article examines the activities of the Governor Alexander Dmitrievich Sverbeev. The analysis of decisions of the governor and their practical implementation are presented. New facts of his official biography were reconstructed. The characteristics of Sverbeev’s business quality and their influence on the management mechanism are given. The quantitative parameters of functioning of governor’s authority (the number of orders, the volume of correspondence, etc.) have been revealed. The role of the Samara governor in the struggle against the food crisis and the famine of 1891 is considered. The reasons for the transfer of A.S. Sverbeeva from the position of the Samara governor; the results of his reign are evaluated.