Prime Ministers of Russian Empire - Pyotr Stolypin, Sergei Witte, Vladimir Kokovtsov, Ivan Goremykin, Boris Strmer, Nicholas Galitzine (Paperback)

Chapters: Pyotr Stolypin, Sergei Witte, Vladimir Kokovtsov, Ivan Goremykin, Boris Strmer, Nicholas Galitzine, Alexander Trepov. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (Russian: ) (April 14 1862 September 18 1911) served as Nicholas II's Chairman of the Council of Ministersthe Prime Minister of Russiafrom 1906 to 1911. His tenure was marked by efforts to repress revolutionary groups, as well as for the institution of noteworthy agrarian reforms. Stolypin hoped, through his reforms, to stem peasant unrest by creating a class of market-oriented smallholding landowners. He is often cited as one of the last major statesmen of Imperial Russia with a clearly defined political programme and determination to undertake major reforms. Memorial plaque in Vilnius, St. Stephen StreetStolypin was born in Dresden, Saxony, on 14 April 1862. His family was prominent in the Russian aristocracy, and Stolypin was related on his father's side to the poet Mikhail Lermontov. His father was Arkady Dmitrievich Stolypin (1821-1899), a Russian landowner, descendant of a great noble family, a general in the Russian artillery and later Commandant of the Kremlin Palace. His mother was Natalia Mikhailovna Stolypina (ne Gorchakova; 1827-1889), the daughter of a Russian foreign minister Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov. From 1869, Stolypin spent his childhood years in Kalnaber manor (now Kdainiai district of Lithuania), built by his father, what remained his favourite residence for the rest of life. In 1876, the Stolypin family moved to a purchased a house in Vilna for their son to study in the local Gymnasium. He received a good education at St. Petersburg University and began his service in government upon graduation in 1885, when he joined the Ministry ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=214052