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 (1853-03-20)20 March 1853 Kiev, Russian Empire
Died	2 April 1902(1902-04-02) (aged 49) Mariinsky Palace, Russian Empire
Nationality	Russian

Dmitry Sergeyevich Sipyagin (Russian: Дми́трий Серге́евич Сипя́гин; 20 March [O.S. 8 March] 1853 – 15 April [O.S. 2 April] 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.

Honours

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