Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov

[1] His attempts to restore order were overwhelmed by the revolution of 1905; he retained influence with the Tsar Nicholas II, when appointed as the Commandant of the Imperial Palace.

After being promoted to head of the police of Moscow, in July, 1877, Alexei Bogolyubov, a Polish inmate, refused to remove his cap before Trepov's father, Fyodor.

Trepov allowed students in September the right to assemble on university campuses, and removed the police, but one month later he was urging “the most drastic measures” to end the strike of railway workers.

the Tsar dismissed Trepov and appointed him Master of the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo, so he had daily contact with the Emperor; his influence at court was paramount.

Late June 1906, after the dissolution of the First Duma, he promoted a cabinet with only Kadets, which in his opinion would soon enter into a violent conflict with the Emperor and fail.

He secretly met with Pavel Milyukov,[4] who opposed to Pyotr Stolypin, Alexander Izvolsky and Vasily Maklakov, promoting a coalition cabinet.