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His father, Dmitry Ivanovich, a general, a participant in the Caucasian and Crimean wars, came from the ancient princely and noble family, mother, Sofia Yakovlevna, was the nee Princess Orbeliani. After graduation in the Page Corps in the city of Pyotr Dmitrievich, he began the service in the Life Guards of the Hussars of His Majesty Regiment. A year later, he acted as the commander of the training team of the regiment and commander of his Majesty squadron, and was soon seconded to the commander of the Caucasian army of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich.

Svyatopolk-Mirsky received combat baptism during the Russo-Turkish war. Anna of two degrees and the Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree. Soon, the young officer was appointed an outbuilder of Emperor Alexander II. After the war ended, Svyatopolk-Mirsky entered the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff. In the city of Svyatopolk-Mirsky, he resigned and settled in his estate Giyevka of the Kharkov province.

Svyatopolk-Mirsky was appointed comrade Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs D. Sipyagin and commander of a separate gendarmes corps. Not converging in the views with the new Minister of the Interior V. Plee, in the city of Svyatopolk-Mirsky filed a petition for a resignation. However, his request was not satisfied, and soon appointed the Vilensky, Kovensky and Grodno General General, and in August G., when taking office, the new minister said a speech, which was with great enthusiasm, which was met by the liberal public, who saw in the Svyatopolk forerunner of broad reforms and the enemy of repressive politics, carried out by Plevia.

This speech gave a reason to call the time of the reign of the Svyatopolk-Mir “era of trust”, as well as “in the spring of Russian life”. His first steps in the post of Minister were orders to weaken the supervision of the press and return from exile of unreliable persons. Autumn of G. caused a huge resonance in November in St. Petersburg the Zemstvo Congress of representatives of all classes of Russia, which developed a resolution that proclaimed the need for indigenous reforms of the state structure, as well as the requirements of freedom of speech, alliances, collections and religions, equality before the law and the convening of the national representation.

The resolution received complete approval by Svyatopolk-Mirsky, who undertook to convey its content to the emperor. He presented the reform project to Nicholas II, the main point of which was the introduction of elected representatives from public institutions into the State Council. At the meetings collected by the emperor to discuss the project, the proposals of the Svyatopolk-Mirsky were subjected to derogatory criticism by the chief prosecutor of the Synod K.

Pobedonostsev, the Minister of Finance V. Kokovtsov, the Governor of Moscow Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich and the Minister of Justice N., following the results of the meetings, signed a decree on the reforms, from which, however,, however, was, however,, however, was, however, it was The point on elected representatives is excluded. Along with the decree, a government message was published, in which public meetings were condemned with a promise to continue to disperse them with police measures, and zemstvo meetings were forbidden to discuss political issues.

These measures met in society a deep disappointment and regarded as the onset of a new era of reaction. Immediately after the publication of the decree, Svyatopolk-Mirsky resigned, but it was not accepted. The strikers decided to contact the king with a petition, in which, in addition to economic requirements, it contained points of a political nature. On the morning of January 22, the hardshops of workers, led by Gapon, moved from different ends of St.

Petersburg to the Winter Palace. To stop the procession, rifle volleys were produced in different parts of the city. As a result of clashes with the troops, it was killed before and wounded before the person. Society was shocked by the bloodshed, the messages about which, many times exaggerating the number of victims, spread throughout Russia. The next day, Svyatopolk-Mirsky, whom the opposition was responsible for the tragedy, fired and was soon dismissed from the post of Minister of the Interior and no longer returned to political activity.

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