Pyotr Dmitrievich Svyatopolk-Mirsky

Prince Pyotr Dmitrievich Svyatopolk-Mirsky (Russian: князь Пётр Дми́триевич Святопо́лк-Ми́рский) (30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1857, Vladikavkaz – 29 May [O.S. 16 May] 1914, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian noble, politician and police official.

Svyatopolk-Mirsky was born in Vladikavkaz into the prominent Svyatopolk-Mirsky family. He was the only son of the general Dmitry Ivanovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky. Pyotr was educated at Page Corps, graduating in 1874 with first-class honours, and was appointed Page of the Chamber. In 1875, he became a cornet at Her Empress Leib-Guards Hussars. He was father to literary historian D. S. Mirsky.

Svyatopolk-Mirsky took part in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–78 and was decorated for valor in the Battle of Kars. Then he studied at the General Staff Academy and graduated in 1881.

In 1884, he was made the acting commander of the staff of 31st Infantry division, and in 1887, he was appointed to commander of staff of 3d Grenadier division.

In 1895, he was appointed the governor of Penza, and in 1897 the governor of Yekaterinoslav.

In 1900, Dmitry Sipyagin appointed Svyatopolk-Mirsky assistant Minister of the Interior and commander of the Imperial Corps of Gendarmes. After Sipyagin's assassination in 1902, Svyatopolk-Mirsky resigned as assistant minister but was persuaded to accept the position of Governor-General of the North-Western province that included gubernias of Vilna, Kovno and Grodno (modern-day Lithuania and Belarus). As the Governor-General, Svyatopolk-Mirsky was credited with successful liberal reforms, defusing national tensions in the provence by allowing more rights to the national minorities, stopping pogroms against the Jews.

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