Pyotr Stolypin
1862 – 1911 Russian Prime Minister of Russia
The tough reformer who tried to save the tsarist order and was assassinated.
- Religion
- Devout Russian Orthodox; framed his rule as a defense of throne, Church, and nation.
- Affiliations
- Imperial government; led harsh repression after 1905 and major agrarian reforms; assassinated in 1911.
Stolypin became prime minister after the 1905 revolution and combined severe repression with land reforms meant to build a class of independent peasants. His military courts hanged so many that the noose was nicknamed 'Stolypin's necktie.' He was shot dead at the Kiev opera in 1911.
Connections
- associate of Nicholas II — His most capable minister, whose reforms the tsar only half supported.
- rival of Sergei Witte — His rival and successor as the empire's leading reformer.
- rival of Sergei Witte — Succeeded and eclipsed Witte as the empire's chief statesman.
In the timeline
- 1911 Assassination of Prime Minister Stolypin, 1911 mentioned