birth_date: 1879-01-19 00:00:00
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name: Boris Savinkov
about: Boris Viktorovich Savinkov (Russian: Борис Викторович Савинков; 19 January 1879 – 7 May 1925) was a Russian writer and one of the leading members of the Russian Social-Revolutionary party. Savinkov was the founder of the armed group of the social-revolutionary party, who carried out diverse terrorist attacks on tsarist state officials. Savinkov was involved in the assassination of the head of the Tsarist police von Plehve. In 1906 he was sentenced to death for another attempt but he managed to escape. After the director of the group was revealed as a state agent, Savinkov became the head of the armed group.
death_date: 1925-05-07 00:00:00