The whole country reviled Pyotr Stolypin. But it was he who could have turned Russia into a European country and prevented many of the disasters of 20th century Russia. Drawing by Natalia Mikhaylenko ...

A portrait of Stolypin by Ilya Repin. 1919. Eye-witnesses maintained that after the March crisis, Stolypin became unrecognizable, reticent; his self-confidence seemed undermined, and he himself ...

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Yoshiro Ikeda is an associate professor at the University of Tokyo. He specializes in modern Russian history.

Vladimir Putin can't seem to decide which of his two heroes he wants to be. The tough guy KGB veteran in him clearly wants to follow the example of the late hard-line Soviet leader Yury Andropov. But ...

The Russian Empire entered the twentieth century as one of the most powerful world powers. Russia was in danger from rapidly developing countries that were eager to redistribute the world, but an even ...

The year is 1906. Pyotr Stolypin, who has just been appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire, arrives in St. Petersburg. A group of maximalist revolutionaries is developing a plan ...

"About six months ago, Dmitry Medvedev issued an instruction to consider proposals of the Stolypin Club experts", Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev said SIMFEROPOL, July 25.