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306: 31: 247:, measures to strengthen legality, extend freedom of the press and religion, broaden the authority of local self-government, eliminate unnecessary restrictions on non-Russians, and do away with exceptional laws in general. Svyatopolk-Mirsky not only allowed the congress but also participated in its work and personally delivered its decision to Tsar 242:
to gather to discuss broader policy issues and coordination of zemstvo programs, something that had not been permitted in Russia regularly. The remaining reforms were embodied in a decree that called for the inclusion of elected members to the State Council, removal of the restrictions on the
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for the massacre. According to Svyatopolk-Mirsky's opponents, he not only authorised the shooting but also actively encouraged the demonstration to push his own political agenda.
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9 January] 1905. According to Svyatopolk-Mirsky, he never had authorised the shooting of the demonstrators but still fulfilled his final duty to the tsar and became the
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and Sipiagin credited Svyatopolk-Mirsky with being an honourable, intelligent man of the highest moral principles, which is notable due to his attempts at liberal reform in
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In 1884, he was made the acting commander of the staff of 31st Infantry division, and in 1887, he was appointed to commander of staff of 3d
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in February 1905 and retired from government service. As a retired Minister of Interior, he was expected to be appointed a member of the
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over the Conservatives and in the Court term as a victory of the party of widow Empress
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Edited by H.H. Fisher and translated by Laura Matveev; Stanford University Press, 1935.
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1905, but in December 1904, it was considered ultra-radical and was dismissed.
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while minister. The reforms began with permitting members of the local
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Svyatopolk-Mirsky's plan included transferring more power to the
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Svyatopolk-Mirsky was replaced as minister of the Interior by
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Svyatopolk-Mirsky was born in Vladikavkaz into the prominent
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Edited and translated by Sydney Harcave; Sharpe Press, 1990.
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Biography of Pyotr Dmitrievich Svyatopolk-Mirsky in Russian
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along with his own plan for constitutional reforms.
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Pyotr Svyatopolk-Mirsky

Prince
Russian
tr.
O.S.
Vladikavkaz
O.S.
Saint Petersburg
Russian Empire
Svyatopolk-Mirsky
Dmitry Ivanovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky
Georgian
Orbeliani
Page Corps
cornet
Leib-Guards
Hussars
D. S. Mirsky
Russo-Turkish War, 1877–78
Battle of Kars
General Staff Academy
Grenadier
governor of Penza
governor of Yekaterinoslav
Dmitry Sipyagin
Minister of the Interior
Gendarmes
Governor-General of Vilna
Lithuania

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