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Sergei Yulyevich Witte (1849-1915) was a Russian economist and statesman in Russia at the end of the XIX – the beginning of the XXth century. He was a paradoxical historical figure. On the one hand, he paid much attention to the role of the nobility in the development of Russia (he raised from the employee of the Ministry of Railways to the Minister of Finance under Nicholas II). At the same time, Witte has repeatedly noted, that Russia’s national development is compatible with a constitutional monarchy and religious freedom.