Dmitry Grigoriyevich Bogrov ( – ) () was the

assassin Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a ...

of Prime Minister

Pyotr Stolypin Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ( rus, Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин, p=pʲɵtr ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ stɐˈlɨpʲɪn; – ) was a Russian politician and statesman. He served as the third prime minister and the interior ministe ...

. On Bogrow was sentenced to death by hanging. He was executed on in the Kiev fortress Lyssa Hora. Stolypin's widow had campaigned in vain to spare the assassin's young life. The investigations into the background of the assassination extended over a year. Through the intervention of Nicholas II, further investigations were prohibited. According to Egor Lazarev, Bogrov claimed to have committed the assassination in revenge for the antisemitism of the Russian Empire which he personally endured. However, his true motives for the assassination remain disputed as he was both a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party and an informant for the

Okhrana The Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order (russian: Отделение по охранению общественной безопасности и порядка), usually called Guard Department ( rus, Охранное отд ...

.Figes, Orlando (1996). ''A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924''. London: Jonathan Cape. pp. 230. . .

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