Born in
Kiev, Sipyagin graduated from the Judicial Department of
St Petersburg University in 1876. Served in the
MVD as Vice
Governor of
Kharkov Governorate (1886–1888), Governor of
Courland Governorate (1888–1891) and Governor of
Moscow Governorate (1891–1893). Deputy of the Minister of State Property (1893); Deputy of the
Minister of Interior (1894); Executive Director on the petitions of the Imperial Chancellery (1895–1899); Director of the
Ministry of Interior (1899);
Minister of Interior (1899). In 1899, during the
Russian Student Strike, the government had given Sipyagin "the power of imposing military service as a punishment for acts of civil disobedience towards the University authorities, and themselves to appoint special committees, or rather Courts nominated ad hoc..." He remained the interior minister from 20 October 1899 to 2 April 1902. == Death ==