Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov
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Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov (transliterated at the time as Trepoff, 15 December 1850 – 15 September 1906) was the Commandant of the Imperial Palace.
and brother of A. F. Trepov
, V. F. Trepov, and F. F. Trepov, Jr.
A lifelong reactionary/antireformist, like his father. He was involved in the 'Third Section.' named by Grand Duke Sergius, then Governor General of Moscow
, as Police Master of Moscow, where he took a strong line against agitators.
In January 1905, after Grand Duke Sergius was assassinated, Trepoff was appointed his successor, before being summoned to St Petersburg (then the capital of the Russian Empire) to become Governor General of that city, taking control of Russia. He was involved in the repression following the events of the 1905 discontent.
Subject to many assassination threats - some of those involved stating that he was safe in the streets as he had been marked for assassination in his own bedroom: two of his nieces were among those who attempted.to assassinate him.
June 1905 Appointed Assistant Minister of the Interior: appeared to acquiesce in Count Witte's reforms.
The Czar then appointed Trepoff Master of the Palace at Tsarskoe-Selo, and, along with Count Ignatiev Trepov promoted a policy of repression and anti-Jewish persecution. He strongly believed that autocracy was the only way for Russia.
He died in 1906 of angina pectoris.
Life
He was the second son of General Fyodor TrepovFyodor Trepov
Fedor Fedorovich Trepov Senior was a Russian government official.Feodor Trepov began his military career in 1831 by participating in the suppression of the November Uprising in Poland in 1830–1831. He then commanded a cavalry regiment of gendarmes in Kiev...
and brother of A. F. Trepov
Alexander Trepov
Alexander Fyodorovitch Trepov was the prime minister of Russia from November 1916 until January 1917.- Life :Educated in His Majesty's Page Corps. Worked in the Ministry of the Interior . Elected Marshal of Nobility of Pereiaslavl Uezd...
, V. F. Trepov, and F. F. Trepov, Jr.
A lifelong reactionary/antireformist, like his father. He was involved in the 'Third Section.' named by Grand Duke Sergius, then Governor General of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, as Police Master of Moscow, where he took a strong line against agitators.
In January 1905, after Grand Duke Sergius was assassinated, Trepoff was appointed his successor, before being summoned to St Petersburg (then the capital of the Russian Empire) to become Governor General of that city, taking control of Russia. He was involved in the repression following the events of the 1905 discontent.
Subject to many assassination threats - some of those involved stating that he was safe in the streets as he had been marked for assassination in his own bedroom: two of his nieces were among those who attempted.to assassinate him.
June 1905 Appointed Assistant Minister of the Interior: appeared to acquiesce in Count Witte's reforms.
The Czar then appointed Trepoff Master of the Palace at Tsarskoe-Selo, and, along with Count Ignatiev Trepov promoted a policy of repression and anti-Jewish persecution. He strongly believed that autocracy was the only way for Russia.
He died in 1906 of angina pectoris.
Sources
there are a number of other references there and in The TimesThe Times
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