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Pjotr Arkaďjevič Stolypin

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English original here

Vysoký muž  se nesl s  hrdostí, pohledný, sebevědomý ve svém dobře padnoucím lehkém bílém redingotu. Přestože působil málem královsky, car to nebyl – byť jako premiér k tomu neměl úplně daleko. (more…)

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Czech version here

The white man stood tall and proud. He was handsome and confident, and was well-dressed in his white summer-weight frock coat. Regal, although not quite the Tsar. As Prime Minister, he was the next best thing. Despite this, Pyotr Stolypin had remarkable little security around him when he attended a play at the Kyiv Opera House on September 14th, 1911. His relationship with the Tsar had soured a bit recently due to his insistence that the local governments of the western provinces (called zemstvos) be dominated by the Russian people and not the influential Polish landowners. (more…)