Pyotr Dmitrievich Svyatopolk-Mirsky
Prince Pyotr Dmitrijewitsch Swjatopolk-Mirski ( Russian Пётр Дмитриевич Святополк-Мирский ; * August 18 July / August 30, 1857 greg. In Vladikavkas ; † May 16 jul. / May 29, 1914 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian greg Politician, Governor and Minister of the Interior.
Life
Svyatopolk-Mirski was born as the son of General Dimitri Ivanovich Svyatopolk-Mirski, who had distinguished himself in the Caucasus War and the Crimean War . After training in the page corps , he joined the Life Guard Hussar Regiment in 1875 and took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877/78 , in which he fought on the Caucasus Front. After the end of the war, he trained at the Academy of the General Staff , which he completed in 1881. In 1895 he became governor of Penza and in 1897 of Yekaterinoslav.
In 1900 he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior and Head of the Gendarme Corps by Interior Minister Sipjagin . After Sipyagin's assassination in 1902, he resigned from this office and took over the office of Governor General of Vilna. After the murder of the interim Minister of the Interior Plehwe in July 1904, he was appointed as his successor. His appointment was seen as strengthening the reform-minded forces within the Russian bureaucracy. In December 1904, however, Tsar Nicholas II rejected a proposal for a restricted reform of the Council of State from liberal opposition circles and revised by his ministry . Svyatopolk-Mirsky offered his resignation, but was initially left in office. After the events of the turn of the year 1904/05, the St. Petersburg Bloody Sunday , January 9th jul. / January 22, 1905 greg. and the following riots he was on January 18th jul. / January 31, 1905 greg. released and replaced by Alexander Bulygin .
Mirski's son Dmitri Petrovich Swjatopolk-Mirski (1890-1939) was a well-known literary historian who fell victim to the Great Terror in the Soviet Union .
Web links
- Biographies , Chronos
- Article by Pyotr Dmitrijewitsch Swjatopolk-Mirski in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Vyacheslav Konstantinovich von Plehwe |
Russian Minister of the Interior 1904–1905 |
Alexander Grigoryevich Bulygin |
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| SURNAME | Svyatopolk-Mirsky, Pyotr Dmitrievich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Svyatopolk-Mirski, Pyotr Dmitrievich; Святополк-Мирский, Пётр Дмитриевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian politician, governor and interior minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vladikavkaz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1914 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |