On September 14, 1911, the 11th and final assassination attempt on Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin took place.
At the beginning of the 20th century, revolutionary sentiments were shaking Russia. But on the political stage emerged Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin, whose intellect and will led him to become the Minister of Internal Affairs and Chairman of the Council of Ministers. His reformist activities were aimed at the economic and social development of Russia, which drew the ire of both revolutionaries and high-ranking officials. Stolypin survived 10 assassination attempts, but the 11th proved fatal.
According to the main version of events, Dmitry Bogrov, a lone terrorist from a wealthy Jewish family, infiltrated a theater in Kyiv, where Stolypin and Tsar Nicholas II were attending a performance. During the second intermission, Bogrov fired two shots: the first bullet struck Stolypin's hand, and the second hit his liver. As he lay dying, Stolypin reportedly said, "I am happy to die for the Tsar."
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn believed that had Stolypin lived, he could have prevented both the world war and the revolution. Pyotr Arkadyevich’s reforms delayed the collapse of the Russian Empire but could not save him.