Stepan Valerianowitsch Balmaschow

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Stepan Balmashov
Stepan Balmashov in 1902

Stepan Walerianowitsch Balmaschow ( Russian Степан Валерианович Балмашёв * 3 . Jul / 15. April  1881 greg. In Arkhangelsk ; † 3 . Jul / 16th May  1902 . Greg in Schlüsselburg ) was a Russian social revolutionary who during the reign of Nicholas II . the Russian Interior Minister Sipiagin murdered.

Life

Stepan was the son of the exiled Narodnik Valerian Alexandrowitsch Balmaschow and his wife Marija Nikolajewna Balmaschowa. Enrolled at Kiev University in 1900 , he became involved in the student movement that same year. The response of the state power - 183 Kiev students, including Stepan, were drafted as recruits for participating in demonstrations. In early 1901, Stepan was one of the leaders of a student strike in prison for three months and was then placed under the supervision of the Roslavl Military Authority . In the fall of 1901 he was released from military service and went to Kharkov . The politically unreliable student was not admitted to the university there . Politically committed, he turned to workers and social revolutionaries. Contrary to expectations, Stepan was allowed to continue studying in Kiev.

The assassination

On jul. / April 15,  1902 greg. Balmaschow entered - disguised as an adjutant - the St. Petersburg Marienpalast , the official residence of his victim. Sipjagin was just out of the house. The sergeant on duty advised Balmaschow to visit the Minister of the Interior in his apartment. A little later Sipjagin appeared. Balmaschow lied to him that he had an important letter to hand over from the Grand Duke and fired several pistol shots at his victim. The assassin was arrested immediately. Sipyagin died of his injuries that same day. Balmashov was hanged .

Trotsky

In his memoirs, Leon Trotsky reproduces the moods of exiled RSDLP members on the eve of the Russian Revolution in 1905 , at the same time distinguishing himself from the Social Revolutionaries and marking a dividing line for the Russian Social Democrats: “The old state structure crashed in all joints. The student still played the part of the stokers in the struggle. Driven by impatience, they resorted to acts of terrorism . After Karpovich and Balmaschow were shot, the exiles stood up as if they had heard the trumpet sound of an alarm. Discussions arose about the tactics of terror ... Our cause is not the murder of the tsarist ministers, but the revolutionary overthrow of tsarism. At this point the separation of the Social Democrats from the Social Revolutionaries began. "

literature

  • Leon Trotsky: My life . Attempt an autobiography. Translated from the Russian by Alexandra Ramm . 543 pages. Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1990 (Licensor: S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main). ISBN 3-320-01574-5

Web links

Commons : Stepan Balmaschow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Trotsky, p. 125, 8. Zvo, see also The First Exile at MIA

Remarks

  1. ↑ More precisely, Stepan Balmaschow belonged to the Social Revolutionaries' struggle organization (Russian: Боевая организация партии социалистов-революционеров ), a terrorist organization.
  2. ↑ The assassin Pyotr Vladimirovich Karpovich (Russian Пётр Владимирович Карпович ) killed the Russian minister of education Nikolai Bogolepow in the spring of 1901 .
personal data
SURNAME Balmaschow, Stepan Valerianowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Балмашёв, Степан Валерианович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian social revolutionary
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Arkhangelsk
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1902
Place of death Key castle