Editing Pyotr Stolypin (section)

==Governor of Saratov==
[[File:Stolypin by Repin.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Stolypin by [[Ilya Repin]]]]

In February 1903, he became governor of [[Saratov Governorate|Saratov]]. Stolypin is known for suppressing strikers and peasant unrest in January 1905. According to [[Orlando Figes]], its peasants were among the poorest and most rebellious in the whole of the country.<ref name="O. Figes 1996 p. 223">O. Figes (1996) ''A People's Tragedy. The Russian Revolution 1891–1924'', p. 223. {{ISBN?}}</ref> It seems he cooperated with the [[zemstvo]]s, the local government. He gained a reputation as the only governor able to keep a firm hold on his province during the [[Revolution of 1905]], a period of widespread revolt. The roots of unrest lay partly in the [[Emancipation Reform of 1861]], which had given land to the [[Obshchina]], instead of individually to the newly freed [[serfs]].<ref>[http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/people/stolypin-piotr-arkadevich.html PyotrArkadevich Stolypin] © 2000–2013 Pearson Education, publishing as Fact Monster. 20 May. 2014</ref> Stolypin was the first governor to use effective police methods. Some sources suggest that he had a police record on every adult male in his province.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/peter_stolypin.htm|title=Peter Stolypin – History Learning Site|access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref>