Penza, 4 October 2011. PenzaNews. The memorial blackboard in honor of the chairman of the council of ministers of the Russian empire Peter Stolypin will be opened on the building of Legislative Assembly of the Penza region on Wednesday, October, 5th.

Marina Timohina, the head of the press-service of the Legislative Assembly of the Penza region said: "Being the chairman of the council of ministers of the Russian empire, Peter Stolypin participated in the congresses of noble family which was held in a building of Nobility Assembly where the regional parliament is placed now. Many years ago and today this historical building was the center of political and public life of province".

Besides, as the news agency "PenzaNews" informed earlier, Penza regional Drama Theater with assistance of Peter Stolypin Fund plans to stage a performance by the date of the 150th anniversary of this outstanding statesman which will be celebrated in 2012.
The play will be written by Moscow playwright Olga Mihajlova on the basis of correspondence which Peter Stolypin conducted with the writer Lev Tolstoy.

The ancient noble family of Peter Arkadevich Stolypin is closely connected with the Penza region. In particular, Elizabeth Alekseevna Stolypina, Arsenyeva after marriage, was Michael Lermontov's grandmother and the mistress of the country estate in Tarhany where the great poet spent his childhood.