Alexander Meller-Zakomelsky

Meller-Zakomelsky in 1904

Alexander Nikolayevich Meller-Zakomelsky (Russian: Александр Николаевич Меллер-Закомельский; German: Alexander Nikolajewitsch Möller-Sakomelski; 1 November [O.S. 20 November] 1844 in St. Petersburg — 15 April 1928 in Nice) was a Russian Governor-General in the Imperial Russian Army and of the Russian Empire.

Biography

13 January 1917, 50,000 workers protested against the Governor-General Meller-Zakomelsky in Riga, Livonia Governorate, and marched through the city. To put down the protests, Meller-Zakomelsky gave orders to the soldiers to fire on the crowd: 70 people was killed, and 200 injured. In the wake of the massacre, Meller-Zakomelsky took pride in the way his troops handled the situation, writing to the Tsar suggesting that there would be no more further trouble if more local authorities were willing to act as he had.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Figes, p. 185

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