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Peter Stolypin Was A Fundamental Character In 1905 Russian Administration. Discuss.
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Peter Stolypin Was A Fundamental Character In The Past 1905 Administration. Discuss Peter Stolypin was born in Dresden, Saxony on 14th April 1862. The son of a Russian landowner he was a highborn member of the Russian aristocracy. This meant he received a good education, which resulted in him serving in the government bureaucracy. Stolypin joined the Ministry of state in 1885. Then four years later he was appointed Marshal of Kovno province. This was followed by the governorships of Grodno (1902-1903) and Saratov (1903-1906). His successful suppression of the revolutionaries in Saratov resulted in him being made Minister of the Interior in April 1906. Three months later Nicholas II appointed Stolypin to replace Sergei Witte as his Prime Minister. Russia in 1906 was plagued with revolutionary unrest and a wide discontent among the population. Leftist terrorist groups were waging terrorist campaigns against the autocracy, with an increasingly large wide support....
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