Dmitry Bogrov
Dmitry Grigoriyevich Bogrov (; – ) was the assassin of Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin. On Bogrov was sentenced to death by hanging. He was executed on in the Kiev fortress Lyssa Hora. Stolypin's widow had campaigned in vain to spare the young assassin's life. The investigations into the background of the assassination extended over a year. Through the intervention of Nicholas II, further investigations were prohibited. According to Egor Lazarev, Bogrov claimed to have committed the assassination in revenge for the antisemitism of the Russian Empire which he personally endured. However, his true motives for the assassination remain disputed as he was both a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party and an informant for the Okhrana. References Further reading 1887 births 1911 deaths Anarchist assassins Assassins of heads of government Executed assassins Executed anarchists Executed communists Executed revolutionaries Executed Ukrainian people Jewish anarchists Okhrana informants People convicted of murder by Russia People executed by the Russian Empire by hanging People from Kiev Governorate People from Kyiv Ukrainian anarchists Ukrainian communists Ukrainian socialists Ukrainian assassins Ukrainian people convicted of murder Ukrainian Jews Ukrainian revolutionaries