Pyotr Stolypin | |
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3rd Chairman of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire | |
In office 21 July 1906 – 18 September 1911 |
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Monarch | Nicholas II |
Preceded by | Ivan Goremykin |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Kokovtsov |
Personal details | |
Born |
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin 14 April 1862 Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation |
Died | 18 September 1911 Kiev, Russian Empire |
(aged 49)
Resting place | Kiev Cave Monastery |
Nationality | Russian |
Spouse(s) | Olga Borisovna Neidhardt |
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (Russian: Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин; IPA: [pʲɵtr ɐˈrkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ stɐˈlɨpʲɪn]; 14 April [O.S. 2 April] 1862 – 18 September [O.S. 5 September] 1911), chairman of the Council of Ministers, served as Prime Minister, and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire from 1906 to 1911. His tenure was marked by efforts to counter revolutionary groups and by the implementation of noteworthy agrarian reforms. Stolypin was a monarchist and hoped to strengthen the throne. He is considered one of the last major statesmen of Imperial Russia with clearly defined public policies and the determination to undertake major reforms.
Stolypin was born in Dresden, Germany, on 14 April 1862, and was later baptized on 24 May in the Russian Orthodox Church in that city. His father, Arkady Dmitrievich Stolypin (1821–99), was at the time a Russian envoy in Germany.
Stolypin's family was prominent in the Russian , his forebears having served the tsars since the 16th century, and as a reward for their service had accumulated huge estates in several provinces. Father Arkady Dmitrievich Stolypin (1821–99), was a general in the Russian artillery, the governor of Eastern Rumelia and commandant of the Kremlin Palace guard. He was married twice. His second wife, Natalia Mikhailovna Stolypina (née Gorchakova; 1827–89), was the daughter of Prince Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, the Commanding general of the Russian infantry during the Crimean War and later the governor general of Warsaw.