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Vyacheslav Konstantinovich von Plehve [a] (Russian: Вячесла́в Константи́нович фон Пле́ве, IPA: [vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ fɐn ˈplʲevʲɪ]; 20 April [ O.S. 8 April] 1846 – 28 July [ O.S. 15 July] 1904) was a Russian politician who served as the director of the police from 1881 to 1884 and later as the minister of the interior from 1902 until ...
Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve was a Russian imperial statesman whose efforts to uphold autocratic principle, a police-bureaucratic government, and class privilege resulted in the suppression of revolutionary and liberal movements as well as minority nationality groups within the Russian Empire.
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Vyacheslav Plehve. Vyacheslav Plehve was born in Meshchovsk, Russia on 20th April, 1846. After studying jourisprudence at the University of Moscow, Plehve joined the Ministry of Justice in 1867.
May 21, 2018 · As a conservative statesman in late imperial Russia, Vyacheslav Plehve (von Plehwe) was a key figure in the tsarist regime's struggle against revolution. An experienced prosecutor, he was tapped in 1881 to head the imperial police following the assassination of Tsar Alexander II.
PLEHVE, VYACHESLAV KONSTANTINOVICH VON ° (1846–1904), Russian statesman, a leader of Russian reactionary circles during the reigns of Alexander iii and Nicholas ii. In 1881 he was appointed director of the police department of the Ministry of the Interior and from 1884 to 1894 he was deputy minister.
Apr 23, 2018 · Part of the knowledge that ends up being canonized is that the pogrom was organized by the imperial Russian government, specifically by Minister of the Interior Vyacheslav von Plehve.
Jan 26, 2022 · It was Russia’s interior minister Vyacheslav von Plehve who, a century ago, infamously said: “What this country needs is a short, victorious war to stem the tide of revolution.”
