Assassination of Peter Stolypin
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Crime
- Subcategories: World War I, Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Russia, Ukraine
- Date: September 14, 1911
Article abstract: The assassination of Peter Stolypin ends the possibility of a reconciliation between the czarist government and the elected Duma on the eve of World War I.
Summary of Event
The murder of Russia’s premier in September, 1911, has long been a mystery. Peter Stolypin had numerous enemies both from the Right and Left. The assassin was well known to the police, both as a social revolutionary and police informer. Agents provocateurs were linked to numerous assassinations of political leaders, including a grand duke of the Romanov...
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