Russia's Minister of Popular Enlightenment, Nikolay Bogolepov,…
March 1901 CE
Russia's Minister of Popular Enlightenment, Nikolay Bogolepov, is shot in the neck by Pyotr Karpovich, a supporter of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party, on February 27 and dies on March 15.
Karpovich is sentenced to twenty years of katorga; he will escape five years later and die in 1917 when a ship with Russian émigrés is sunk by a German submarine.
Bogolepov himself had been inclined towards revolutionary activity, like all young students.
In 1881 he was appointed professor and two years later he was elected rector of the Moscow University continuing lecturing in Roman law.
In 1886 two of his children died in a row.
Being unable to work in the University after this tragedy he resigned.
In 1891 Bogolepov was made rector again but resigned two years after due to constant student unrest.
In 1881 he was appointed professor and two years later he was elected rector of the Moscow University continuing lecturing in Roman law.
In 1886 two of his children died in a row.
Being unable to work in the University after this tragedy he resigned.
In 1891 Bogolepov was made rector again but resigned two years after due to constant student unrest.
In 1895 Minister of Popular Enlightenment Ivan Delyanov died, and Nicholas II appointed Bogolepov as his successor.
Bogolepov faced an enormous bulk of problems, firstly student disturbances that ranged from typical protests and demands for autonomy for universities to revolutionary propaganda.
The government introduced various restrictive measures which only made the situation worse.
In 1896, according to Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Bogolepov was responsible for decreeing that students who participated in protests were to be drafted into the military.
In 1900 Minister of Finance Witte introduced "Temporary Regulations" according to which a university student could be conscripted into the army as a punishment for participation in student riots.
Bogolepov was not the author of this highly unpopular innovation, but he approved of it and in the beginning of 1901 he had commanded that one hundred and eighty-three students of Kiev University be conscripted into the army.
Bogolepov faced an enormous bulk of problems, firstly student disturbances that ranged from typical protests and demands for autonomy for universities to revolutionary propaganda.
The government introduced various restrictive measures which only made the situation worse.
In 1896, according to Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Bogolepov was responsible for decreeing that students who participated in protests were to be drafted into the military.
In 1900 Minister of Finance Witte introduced "Temporary Regulations" according to which a university student could be conscripted into the army as a punishment for participation in student riots.
Bogolepov was not the author of this highly unpopular innovation, but he approved of it and in the beginning of 1901 he had commanded that one hundred and eighty-three students of Kiev University be conscripted into the army.
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