Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov

Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov (transliterated at the time as Trepoff, 15 December 1850 – 15 September 1906) was the Commandant of the Imperial Palace.

Life

He was the second son of General Fyodor Trepov and brother of A. F. Trepov, V. F. Trepov, and F. F. Trepov, Jr.

A lifelong reactionary/antireformist, like his father. He was involved in the 'Third Section.' named by Grand Duke Sergius, then Governor General of Moscow, as Police Master of Moscow, where he took a strong line against agitators.

In January 1905, after Grand Duke Sergius was assassinated, Trepoff was appointed his successor, before being summoned to St Petersburg (then the capital of the Russian Empire) to become Governor General of that city, taking control of Russia. He was involved in the repression following the events of the 1905 discontent.

Subject to many assassination threats - some of those involved stating that he was safe in the streets as he had been marked for assassination in his own bedroom: two of his nieces were among those who attempted.to assassinate him.

June 1905 Appointed Assistant Minister of the Interior: appeared to acquiesce in Count Witte's reforms.

The Czar then appointed Trepoff Master of the Palace at Tsarskoe-Selo, and, along with Count Ignatiev Trepov promoted a policy of repression and anti-Jewish persecution. He strongly believed that autocracy was the only way for Russia.

He died in 1906 of angina pectoris.

Sources

• "Death of Gen. Trepoff, most hated Russian". The New York Times: pp. 1–2. 16 September 1906. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E15F6345A12738DDDAF0994D1405B868CF1D3. Retrieved 13 October 2010.  there are a number of other references there and in The Times

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Name	Trepov, Dmitri Feodorovich
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Date of birth	15 December 1850
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Date of death	15 September 1906
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