Alexander Krivoshein

July 19], 1857, Warsaw – October 28, 1921, Berlin) was a Russian monarchist politician and minister of agriculture under Pyotr Stolypin.

During the ministerial debates in 1913–14, his ministry did not oppose the expansion of joint-stock companies in the industry, but fought to limit their role in the land purchases.

His ministry also got a ban on Jews holding managerial positions in stock companies involved in the land purchases.

He was a moderate politician,[2] and tried to persuade Nikolai Maklakov (the Minister of the Interior) to take more account of the Imperial Duma in determining policy.

[3] He tried to save the Russian emperor, when the latter was moved from Tomsk to Yekaterinburg, organizing an anti-Bolshevik conspiracy in Moscow, and barely escaping arrest.