Dmitry Sipyagin

Dmitry Sergeyvich Sipyagin
Дмитрий Сергеевич Сипягин
Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire
In office 20 October 1899 – 2 April 1902
Monarch	Nicholas II
Preceded by	Ivan Goremykin
Succeeded by	Vyacheslav von Plehve
Governor of Moscow
In office 20 December 1891 – 31 May 1893
Preceded by	Vladimir Golitsyn
Succeeded by	Alexander Bulygin
Governor of Courland
In office 31 March 1888 – 20 December 1891
Preceded by	Konstantin Pahschenko
Succeeded by	Dmitry Sverbeyev
Personal details
Born	Dmitry Sergeyevich Sipyagin March 20, 1853 Kiev, Russian Empire
Died	April 2, 1902 (aged 49) --> Mariinsky Palace, Russian Empire
Nationality	Russian

Dmitry Sergeyevich Sipyagin (Дмитрий Серге́евич Сипягин) (March 20 [O.S. March 8] 1853 – April 15 [O.S. April 2] 1902), a Russian statesman.

Political career

Born in Kiev, Sipyagin graduated from the Judicial Department of St Petersburg University in 1876. Served in the MVD as Vice-Governor of Kharkov (1886-1888), Governor of Courland (1888-1891) and Governor of Moscow (1891-1893). Deputy of the Minister of State Property (1893); Deputy of the Minister of Interior (1894); Executive Director on the petitions of the Imperial Chancellery (1895-1899); Director of the Ministry of Interior (1899); Minister of Interior (1899). He remained the interior minister from 20 October 1899 to 2 April 1902.

He was assassinated in the Mariinsky Palace by Socialist-Revolutionary Stepan Balmashov. His death was a severe setback to Sergei Witte, the finance minister, who had been supported by Sipyagin but would be challenged by his successor, Vyacheslav von Plehve.^[1]

Honours

Sipyagin received the Order of Saint Vladimir as an Imperial favour for the New Year 1900, shortly after accepting the position as Minister.^[2]

References

1. Ian Nish, The Origins of the Russo-Japanese War (Longman, 1985; ISBN 0582491142), p. 144.
2. "Russia" The Times (London). Monday, 15 January 1900. (36039), p. 6.