Boris Stürmer

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Boris Vladimirovitch Stürmer (Panin) (Russian: Борис Владимирович Штюрмер (Па́нин), Boris Vladimirovič Stjurmer (Panin)) (July 27, 1848 - September 9, 1917) was the prime minister of Russia for several months during 1916.

Stürmer was appointed Minister of the Interior in March 1916 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in July. He was simultaneously acting as the prime minister, which he had been appointed to in February 1916. He was forced to resign in November by the Russian Duma, and was arrested by the Russian provisional government after the February Revolution in 1917. He died in prison the same year.

Before becoming Prime Minister, Stürmer petitioned Tsar Nicholas II to change his name to Panin.[1] This was probably due to war with Germany when many German sounding names were changed to more Russian sounding ones; such as St. Petersburg being changed to Petrograd. Panin was a distinguished Russian family and Nicholas II could not agree to Stürmer's request until he had consulted all members of the Panin family.

[edit] Reference

Massie, Robert K., Nicholas and Alexandra, New York, Ballantine Books, 1967, ISBN 0345438310.

Preceded by Ivan Goremykin	Prime Minister of Russia February 2, 1916—November 23, 1916	Succeeded by Alexander Trepov
Preceded by Sergei Sazonov	Foreign Minister of Russia 1916	Succeeded by Nikolai Pokrovsky

Prime Ministers of Russia, 1905-1917
Russian Empire: Sergei Witte • Ivan Goremykin • Pyotr Stolypin • Vladimir Kokovtsov • Ivan Goremykin • Boris Stürmer • Alexander Trepov • Nikolai Golitsyn Russian Provisional Government: Georgy L'vov • Alexander Kerensky