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Andrey Ivanovich Zhelyabov

Russian revolutionary
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Andrey Ivanovich Zhelyabov (born Aug. 17 [Aug. 29, New Style], 1851, Nikolayevka, Crimea, Russian Empire [now in Ukraine]—died April 3 [April 15], 1881, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian revolutionary and a leading Narodnik. Born to a family of serfs shortly before emancipation, Zhelyabov entered the law school at Novorossiysk University in Odessa but was expelled for his part in student disturbances of October 1871. He continued to be a member of revolutionary circles in...

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