This was 100 years ago when Pyotr Stolypin was prime minister under Tsar Nicholas II.

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Stolypin dealt ruthlessly with political protesters to push through reforms to make Russia a leading European power.

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In 1911, Russian premier Peter Stolypin was fatally wounded by an assassin at a theater in Kiev.

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Stolypin was assassinated in 1911, but his economic reforms continued after his death.

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The thesis covered the Stolypin reforms, named for Russian prime minister Pyotr Stolypin.

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Stolypin's reforms were more economic than political.

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