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Born July 7, 1852 • Ukraine
Died June 15, 1942 (aged 89) • Moscow • Russia
Political Affiliation Socialist Revolutionary Party • Zemlya i Volya
Role In Narodnik
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Andrey Ivanovich Zhelyabov
Russian revolutionary
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Boris Viktorovich Savinkov
Russian revolutionary
Nikolay Chaykovsky
Nikolay Vasilyevich Chaykovsky
Russian politician
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Catherine Breshkovsky
Russian revolutionary
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
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Sergey Gennadiyevich Nechayev
Russian revolutionary
Aleksandr Kerensky
Aleksandr Kerensky
prime minister of Russia
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Viktor Mikhaylovich Chernov
Soviet politician
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Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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Vladimir A. Kryuchkov
Soviet politician
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Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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First False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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Anatoly Chubais
Russian economist and politician
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
prime minister of Soviet Union
President Vladimir Putin speaks at a podium with the Russian coat of arms, with uniformed military personnel standing in formation behind him.
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
Oil painting of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, shown from the waist up wearing armor and a sash, with one hand resting on a cane, against a dark background.
Peter I
emperor of Russia
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Nicholas I
tsar of Russia
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Portrait of Catherine the Great of Russia by Richard Brompton, showing her in regal attire with a jeweled crown and fur-trimmed robe, set in an ornate oval frame.
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary