Вячеслав Константинович фон Плеве, 1846-1904

Viacheslav Konstantinovich von Plehve, 1846-1904. Russian statesman. Born 20.IV (8.IV, O.S.) 1846 in Kaluga Province, Russia. Died 28.VII (15.VII, O.S.) 1904 in St. Petersburg.1881 appointed director of the police department in the Ministry of the Interior following the assassination of Alexander II; 1894 appointed head of the Imperial Chancellery; 1899 acting minister and State Secretary for the Grand Duchy of Finland; 1902 appointed Minister of the Interior after the assassination of Dmitrii Sipiagin; While Minister of the Interior, Plehve oppressed zemstvos (liberal local government) and adopted Russification policies, especially directed against Armenians and Finns; 1903 promoted an anti-Semitic movement that led to a violent pogrom in Kishinev; Attempted to split labor unions by supporting zubatovshchina, or police-controlled labor unions; Plehve was a recurring target for revolutionaries, having survived three attacks before his death in July 1904; July 28, 1904 Plehve was assassinated by a bomb thrown into his carriage by Socialist Revolutionary Egor Sozonov; Sviatopolk-Mirskii replaced Plehve as Minister of the Interior.Viacheslav Konstantinovich Pleve (also: von Plehve), 1846-1904. Image from Wikipedia, accessed April 15, 2008, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vyacheslav_von_Plehve.jpg. This file is in the public domain