Dmitry Sergeyevich Sipyagin (; – ) was a Russian politician.

Political career

Born in

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, Sipyagin graduated from the Judicial Department of St Petersburg University in 1876. Served in the MVD as Vice

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(1886–1888), Governor of

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(1888–1891) and Governor of

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(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

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(1899); Minister of Interior (1899). In 1899, during the Russian Student Strike, the government had given Sipyagin "the power of imposing military service as a punishment for acts of civil disobedience towards the University authorities, and themselves to appoint special committees, or rather Courts nominated ad hoc..." He remained the interior minister from 20 October 1899 to 2 April 1902. He was assassinated in the

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by Socialist-Revolutionary Stepan Balmashov. His death was a severe setback to

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, the finance minister, who had been supported by Sipyagin but would be challenged by his successor, Vyacheslav von Plehve.

Honours

Sipyagin received the

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as an Imperial favour for the New Year 1900, shortly after accepting the position as Minister.

References

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