1863年,波兰爆发一月起义期间,米留京被派往波兰当地推进改革工作;他制定了一揽子改革计划,包括以牺牲门阀地主阶层为代价解放农民,并将罗马天主教神父逐出学校教育[11]。由于米留京的改革,超过70万的波兰农民由此获得了土地的永久使用权[12];同时一所俄罗斯大学在华沙成立,所有中学课程都必须用俄语而不是波兰语授课[12][8]。最后,大部分天主教堂的财产都被没收并变卖,尽管米留京以前并不赞成对波兰实行“直接和彻底的俄罗斯化”政策。据历史学家布鲁斯·林肯(英语:W. Bruce Lincoln)所说,米留京的改革最终却加速了波兰“极端的俄罗斯化时代”的到来[11]。
^ 11.011.1Lincoln, W. Bruce (1977) Nikolai Miliutin, an enlightened Russian Bureaucrat. p. 90-102 New York: Oriental Research Partners. ISBN0-89250-133-2
^ 12.012.1Chapman, Timothy (2001). Imperial Russia, 1801–1905, p. 110 New York: Routledge
^ 13.013.1Lincoln, W. Bruce (1977) Nikolai Miliutin, an enlightened Russian Bureaucrat. p. 90, 94, 100 New York: Oriental Research Partners. ISBN0-89250-133-2
延伸阅读
Leslie, Robert Frank. Reform and insurrection in Russian Poland, 1856-1865 (Greenwood, 1969).
Lincoln, W. Bruce. "Milyutin and the Russian Serfs:" History Today (July 1969), Vol. 19 Issue 7, pp 495–504; online; covers 1840 to 1859.
Lincoln, W. Bruce. "The Makings of a New Polish Policy: N. A. Milyutin and the Polish Question, 1861-1863." Polish Review (1970): 54-66. online (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
Zyzniewski, Stanley J. "The Russo-Polish Crucible of the 1860s: A Review of Some Recent Literature." The Polish Review (1966): 23-46. Online (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)