Fyodor Trepov
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) (1809 – 1889) was a Russian government official.
Feodor Trepov began his military career in 1831 by participating in the suppression of the November Uprising
November Uprising
The November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...
in Poland
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in 1830–1831. He then commanded a cavalry
Cavalry
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regiment of gendarme
Gendarmerie
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s in Kiev
Kiev
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. He distinguished himself during the suppression of another uprising
January Uprising
The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...
in Poland in 1863–1864
After Dmitry Karakozov
Dmitry Karakozov
Dmitry Vladimirovich Karakozov was the first Russian revolutionary to make an attempt on the life of a tsar.Karakozov was born in the family of a minor nobleman in Kostroma...
's assassination
Assassination
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attempt on Alexander II
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...
in 1866, Trepov was appointed chief of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
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's police
Police
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force. He managed to put the city in order and improved the performance of the police. In 1867, Trepov was promoted to the rank of adjutant general
Adjutant general
An Adjutant General is a military chief administrative officer.-Imperial Russia:In Imperial Russia, the General-Adjutant was a Court officer, who was usually an army general. He served as a personal aide to the Tsar and hence was a member of the H. I. M. Retinue...
. He was the Governor of St.Petersburg between 1873 and 1878.
In 1878, Vera Zasulich
Vera Zasulich
Vera Ivanovna Zasulich was a Russian Marxist writer and revolutionary.-Radical beginnings:Zasulich was born in Mikhaylovka, Russia, one of four daughters of an impoverished minor noble. When she was 3, her father died and her mother sent her to live with her wealthier relatives, the Mikulich...
shot and wounded Trepov after he had ordered the flogging of a political prisoner
Political prisoner
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. Feodor Trepov survived the much publicized assassination attempt and soon retired with the rank of cavalry general.
His son was General Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov
Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov
Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov was the Commandant of the Imperial Palace.- Life :...
, while Alexander 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...
was another relative.