Vera Figner

Portrait, {{circa|1880}} Vera Nikolayevna Figner Filippova (; – 25 June 1942) was a Russian revolutionary and political activist.

Born in Kazan Governorate of the Russian Empire into a noble family of German and Russian descent, Figner was a leader of the clandestine Narodnaya Volya ("People's Will") group, which advocated the use of terror to achieve a revolutionary overthrow of the government, Figner was a participant in planning the successful assassination of Alexander II in 1881.

Figner was later arrested and spent 20 months in solitary confinement prior to trial, at which she was sentenced to death. The sentence was subsequently commuted and Figner was imprisoned in the Shlisselburg Fortress for 20 years before being sent into internal exile.

Figner gained international fame in large part because of the widely translated memoir of her experiences. She was treated as a heroic icon of revolutionary sacrifice after the February Revolution in 1917 and was a popular public speaker during that year. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Figner, Vera
    Published 1988
    Unknown
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    by Figner , Vera
    Published ca1997
    Book
  3. 3
    by Figner , Vera
    Published 1928
    Book
  4. 4
    by Figner , Vera
    Published 1930
    Book
  5. 5
    by ANARCHIST BLACK CROSS
    Published 1913
    Other Authors: “…Figner , Vera…”
    Book
  6. 6
    by Prusskij , Jan L'vovič
    Published 2009
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    Book
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    by Faure , Christine
    Published 1979
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    Book
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    by Goldsmith , Margaret
    Published 1937
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    Book
  9. 9
    by Kropotkine , Pierre
    Published 1992
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    Book
  10. 10
    by Broido , Vera
    Published 1977
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    Book
  11. 11
    by Zassoulitch , Véra Ivanovna
    Published 1978
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    Book
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    by Brupbacher , Fritz
    Published 1973
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    Book
  14. 14
    by Federn , Etta
    Published 1937
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    Book
  15. 15
    by Grave , Jean
    Published 1921
    Other Authors: “…Figner , Vera…”
    Book
  16. 16
    by Federn , Etta
    Published 1997
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    Book
  17. 17
    by Bakounine , Michel
    Published 1971
    Other Authors: “…Figner , Vera…”
    Book
  18. 18
    by Bakounine , Michel
    Published 1977
    Other Authors: “…Figner , Vera…”
    Book
  19. 19
    by Meijer , Jan Marinus
    Published 1955
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    Book
  20. 20
    by Fenner , Jocelyne
    Published 1989
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    Book
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