How was Stolypin successful in strengthening the tsarist regime (Russian history)?
Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadievich (b. Dresden, 14 Apr. 1862 ; d. Kiev, 18 Sept. 1911 ) Russian; Minister of the Interior and Prime Minister 1906 –11 A member of the provincial landowning nobility, Stolypin served as Governor of Grodno ( 1902 ) and Saratov ( 1903 ), where he attracted the Tsar’s attention by his combination of understanding and firmness in dealing with peasant revolts. Made Interior Minister in May 1906 , he became in addition Prime Minister in July at the early age of 44. An energetic, impressive man and a good orator, he appealed to the Tsar and to moderate conservatives. His moral prestige was enhanced by an attack on his home in August 1906 , after which he instituted a series of summary trials of terrorists. Failing to secure the co-operation of the deputies for his reforms he dissolved the Second Duma in June 1907 on the excuse of an alleged plot by Social Democrat deputies. He proceeded to drastically restrict the franchise, quite unconstitutionally, but the resultant
