Andrei Ivanovich Schelyabow

Andrei Zhelyabov ( Russian Андрей Иванович Желябов ; born August 17, ^jul. / 29. August 1851 ^greg. In Nikolaevka in Feodosia , Taurida Gubernia , Russian Empire ; † April 3 ^jul. / 15. April 1881 ^greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian terrorist .

The son of a serf peasant from the Crimea , as a member of the Narodnaya Volya in Saint Petersburg, was involved in the drafting of program documents for the organization and in preparing the assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander II on March 13, 1881. Before the assassination attempt was carried out, he was arrested and hanged on April 15, 1881 . Lenin recognized him as a great revolutionary on a par with Robespierre and Garibaldi .

literature

Valentin Janin and others: Otetschestwennaja istorija: istorija Rossii s drewneischich wremen do 1917 goda: Tom 2 . Bolschaja Rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1996, pp. 176-177. ISBN 5-85270-049-5 . (Russian)

personal data
SURNAME	Scheljabow, Andrei Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Желябов, Андрей Иванович (Russian); Željabov, Andrej Ivanovič (scientific transliteration); Zhelyabov, Andrey Ivanovich (English transcription)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian terrorist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 29, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nikolayevka near Feodosia , Taurian Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	April 15, 1881
Place of death	St. Petersburg