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Pyotr Danilovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky
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Pyotr Danilovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky

Russian statesman
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Svyatopolk-Mirsky also spelled:
Sviatopolk-mirskii
Born:
1857
Died:
May 16 [May 29, New Style], 1914, St. Petersburg, Russia (aged 57)
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Pyotr Danilovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky (born 1857—died May 16 [May 29, New Style], 1914, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian minister of the interior during the years of prerevolutionary unrest. Svyatopolk-Mirsky, who owned much land and had been governor-general of several important districts, was named minister of the interior in 1904 upon the assassination of his predecessor, the fervently reactionary V.K. Plehve. The new minister was a man of enlightened views who attempted to include moderate liberal opinion in governmental policies. The contrast with the preceding ministry caused his administration to be referred to as the “political spring.” He repealed several of ...(100 of 246 words)

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