Dmitry Sergeyevich Sipyagin (russian: Дми́трий Серге́евич Сипя́гин) ( – ) was a Russian politician.

Political career

Born in

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, Sipyagin graduated from the Judicial Department of

St Petersburg University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

in 1876. Served in the

MVD The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел (МВД), ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia. The MVD is responsible for law enfor ...

as Vice

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(1886–1888), Governor of

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(1888–1891) and Governor of

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(1891–1893). Deputy of the Minister of State Property (1893); Deputy of the

Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

(1894); Executive Director on the petitions of the Imperial Chancellery (1895–1899); Director of the

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(1899);

(1899). In 1899, during the Russian Student Strike, the government had given Sipyagin "the power of imposing military service as a punishment for acts of civil disobedience towards the University authorities, and themselves to appoint special committees, or rather Courts nominated ad hoc..." He remained the interior minister from 20 October 1899 to 2 April 1902. He was assassinated in the

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by Socialist-Revolutionary

Stepan Balmashov Stepan Valerianovich Balmashov, (Russian: Степан Валерианович Балмашев) (April 15, 1881 – May 16, 1902) was a Russian student, who assassinated the Minister of Internal Affairs Dmitry Sipyagin in April 1902 in the Marii ...

. His death was a severe setback to

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, the finance minister, who had been supported by Sipyagin but would be challenged by his successor,

Vyacheslav von Plehve Vyacheslav Konstantinovich von Plehve ( rus, Вячесла́в (Wenzel (Славик)) из Плевны Константи́нович фон Пле́ве, p=vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf fɐn ˈplʲevʲɪ; – ) served as a director of Imperial Russ ...

Honours

Sipyagin received the

Order of Saint Vladimir The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir (russian: орден Святого Владимира) was an Imperial Russian order established on by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptize ...

as an Imperial favour for the New Year 1900, shortly after accepting the position as Minister.

References

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