Pyotr Danilovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky

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...