Editing Pyotr Stolypin (section)

==Assassination==

[[File:P1390961-1.JPG|right|upright=1|thumb|[[Kiev Opera House]] where Stolypin was assassinated]]
[[File:Stolypin's burial.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Stolypin's burial.]]

Stolypin traveled to Kiev despite police warnings of an assassination plot, as there had already been 10 attempts to kill him. On {{OldStyleDate|14 September|1911|1 September}}, Stolypin attended a performance of [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s [[The Tale of Tsar Saltan (opera)|''The Tale of Tsar Saltan'']] at the [[National Opera of Ukraine|Kiev Opera]] in the presence of the tsar and his eldest daughters, grand duchesses [[Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia|Olga]] and [[Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia|Tatiana]]. The theater was guarded by 90 men inside the building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/stolypin-murder-1911-kiev.html|title=Murder of Prime Minister Stolypin in Kiev 1911 – Blog & Alexander Palace Time Machine|first=Pallasart Web|last=Design|access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref> According to [[Alexander Spiridovich]], after the second act "Stolypin was standing in front of the ramp separating the parterre from the orchestra, his back to the stage. On his right were Baron [[Vladimir Freedericksz| Freedericksz]] and Gen. [[Vladimir Sukhomlinov|Sukhomlinov]]." His personal bodyguard had stepped out to smoke. Stolypin was shot twice, once in the arm and once in the chest, by [[Dmitry Bogrov]], a Jewish leftist revolutionary. Bogrov ran to one of the entrances and was caught. Stolypin rose from his chair, removed his gloves and unbuttoned his jacket, exposing a blood-soaked waistcoat. He gave a gesture to tell the tsar to go back and made the sign of the cross. He remained conscious, but his condition deteriorated. He died four days later.<ref>Quotes from General Alexander Spiridovitch, "Murder of Prime Minister Stolypin in Kiev 1911" (1929) [http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/stolypin-murder-1911-kiev.html translated by Rob Moshein]</ref>

Bogrov was hanged 10 days after the assassination. The judicial investigation was halted by order of the tsar, giving rise to suggestions that the assassination was planned not by leftists, but by conservative monarchists opposed to Stolypin's reforms and his influence on the tsar. However, this has never been proven. On his request, Stolypin was buried in the city where he was murdered.<ref name="O. Figes 1996 p. 223"/>