1. The formative years, 1849-1865 -- 2. The Odessa years, 1865-1879 -- 3. St. Petersburg and Kiev, 1879-1891 -- 4. Monsieur Vite, 1889-1892 -- 5. Minister of finance, 1892-1894 -- 6. A new reign, an old course, 1894-1896 -- 7. The Witte system in operation, 1892-1899 -- 8. Questions of war and peace, 1896-1899 -- 9. Decline and fall, 1899-1903 -- 10. A mere spectator, 1903-1904 -- 11. Political Spring, July-December 1904 -- 12. In the wake of Bloody Sunday, January-June 1905 -- 13. Peach with honor? -- 14. Return home -- 15. Out of the frying pan, into the fire -- 16. Honeymoon? The first ten days -- 17. Keeping the promise of October 17 -- 18. Revolution and counterrevolution -- 19. "The loan that save Russia" -- 20. Implementing the October manifesto -- 21. The last lap -- 22. Exile? Assassination? May 1906-June 1907 -- 23. The Stolypin years, June 1907-September 1911 -- 24. Last years, 1911-1915.