Peter Stolypin. The last Russian nobleman. Kisin S.V.

The Dowager Empress of Russia Maria Fedorovna called Peter Arkadyevich Stolypin "the last Russian nobleman." A smart penetrating sensory woman saw a whole, mighty nature that could solve state problems and take responsibility for the fate of the whole empire in this insignificant well -noted provincial. At the same time, not in search of personal benefits, but rather, causing fire to itself.

The outstanding reformer during the revelry of the anarchy saw two main tasks - to pacify the country in the stormy era of military defeat and revolution, as well as solve the land issue that has for centuries plunged it into a rebellious fury. It is necessary to give Russia twenty years of external and internal calm, and then the “Russian steam skating rink” in the world will no longer be stopped. But on this path, the reformer always remained alone, for the throne of personalities on the scale of the like Stolypin simply did not. Perhaps that is why the empire collapsed so soon after his death.