Erik Florin

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On a visit to the main prison in St Petersburg in 1837, Tsar Nicholas I was shocked to find beggars mingling with common criminals, and he set up a Supreme Committee for Differentiation and Care of Beggars in St Petersburg, as well as a similar institution in Moscow.
The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815–1914 (The Penguin History of Europe Book 7)
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