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Pyotr Stolypin's Cabinet

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Cabinet of Pyotr Stolypin

3rd Cabinet of Russia
Date formedJuly 21, 1906
Date dissolvedSeptember 18, 1911
People and organisations
Head of stateNicholas II
Head of governmentPyotr Stolypin
No. of ministers13
History
PredecessorGoremykin I
SuccessorKokovtsov

Cabinet of Pyotr Stolypin – composition of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire, under the leadership of Pyotr Stolypin, worked from July 21, 1906 to September 18, 1911.[1]

Stolypin's government has worked until the death of the Prime Minister, as a result of the ensuing attempt in September 1911.

Formation

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Immediately after his appointment, Stolypin began talks about the invitation in new cabinet popular public and parliamentary figures belonging to the Constitutional Democratic Party and "Union of October 17". Ministerial positions originally assumed Dmitry Shipov, Georgy Lvov, Peter Heyden, Nikolai Lvov, Alexander Guchkov; in the course of further negotiations also considered candidates Anatoly Koni and Yevgeny Trubetskoy. Public figures, confident that the future 2nd State Duma may force the government to create a cabinet responsible to the Parliament, had little interest in the activities as Ministers of the Crown in a mixed public and bureaucratic office; the possibility of entering the government they are hedged by such terms and conditions, which obviously could not be taken by Stolypin. Eventually, the negotiations failed completely. As this was the third failed attempt to attract public figures in the government (the first attempt was made by Sergei Witte in October 1905, immediately after the publication of the October Manifesto, the second -. By Stolypin in June 1906, before the dissolution of the First State Duma), Stolypin as a result of completely disappointed in the idea of public office and later headed the government purely bureaucratic structure.[2][3]

On assuming office, the Prime Minister Stolypin insisted on the resignation of the Ministry of Agriculture Aleksandr Stishinsky and Procurator of Alexey Shirinsky-Shikhmatov, while maintaining the rest of the composition of the previous cabinet of Ivan Goremykin.

Ministers

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Composition of the cabinet is constantly changing, which was connected with the fact that the ministers did not justify expectations of Stolypin.[4]

Ministry Image Minister Term
Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin 21 July 1906 – 18 September 1911
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Ministry of Finance Vladimir Kokovtsov
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alexander Izvolsky 21 July 1906 – 11 October 1910
Sergey Sazonov 11 October 1910 – 18 September 1911
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Neratov[5] March – 18 September 1911
Ministry of Railways Nikolay Shaufus 21 July 1906 – 11 February 1909
Sergey Rukhlov 11 February 1909 – 18 September 1911
Ministry of Justice Ivan Shcheglovitov 21 July 1906 – 18 September 1911
Ministry of War Aleksandr Roediger 21 July 1906 – 24 March 1909
Vladimir Sukhomlinov 24 March 1909 – 18 September 1911
Ministry of National Education Peter Kaufman 21 July 1906 – 14 January 1908
Alexander Shvarts 14 January 1908 – 8 October 1910
Lev Kasso 8 October 1910 – 18 September 1911
Ministry of the Imperial Court Vladimir Frederiks 21 July 1906 – 18 September 1911
Marine Ministry Aleksei Birilev 21 July 1906 – 24 January 1907
Ivan Dikov 24 January 1907 – 21 January 1909
Stepan Voyevodsky 21 January 1909 – 31 March 1911
Ivan Grigorovich 31 March – 18 September 1911
Deputy Marine Minister 21 January 1909 – 31 March 1911
Ministry of Trade and Industry Aleksandr Shtof 21 July – 8 August 1906
Dmitry Filosofov 8 August 1906 – 19 December 1907
Mikhail Ostrogradskiy (acting) 19 December 1907 – 12 February 1908
Ivan Shipov 12 February 1908 – 26 January 1909
Vasily Timiryazev 26 January – 18 November 1909
Sergey Timashev 18 November 1909 – 18 September 1911
Ministry of Agriculture Boris Vasilchikov 21 July 1906 – 3 June 1908
Alexander Krivoshein 3 June 1908 – 18 September 1911
State control Peter Schwanebach 21 July 1906 – 26 June 1907
Peter Kharitonov 25 September 1907 – 18 September 1911
Procurator Peter Izvolsky 9 August 1906 – 18 February 1909
Sergey Lukianov 18 February 1909 – 15 May 1911
Vladimir Sabler 15 May – 18 September 1911

References

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