New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
kropotkin,
Anarcl1istic
Prince, Dead
Russian Nob!eman. Who Was
Exiled for Revolutionary
Activities. Was Author
and a World Celebrity
Organizer of Nihilists
Returned to Russia After
Fall of Car; Noted as
Ceograpber end Educator

VSOSId dItl,tT anu EuuCdtOr
LONDON, Jan. 90. Prince Peter
Alcxeivich Kropotkin, Russian geogra-
pher, author and revolutionary leader.
is dead in Moscow, says Copenhagen
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company.
Peter Alexeivich Kropotkin was
bern December 3, 1912. at Moscow, the
son of one of the oldest families Of the
RUssian nobility. His mother was Eka-
father, Prince Alexei Petrovitch
hropotkin. At the age Of fifteen Prince
Peter h-opotkin &joined the famous
Corps Of Pages military school at
fetrograds Only nunIred and fifty
boys-who were mostly children Of the
nobi ity belonging TO the court-were
educated in this privileged corps
hrcpotkln was in attendance on the
Car Alexander II on many occasions.
He remained until 1862 in this school,
where he read widely on his own ac-
count. studying particularly the French
encyclopedias and the history of the
Prince kropoth N developed a great
interest in the Russian mujik, and he
rad ample opportunity to observe the
condition of the peasantry under serf-
dom, because his father had under him
& large number of serfs. This interest
increased as Prince kropotkin grew
older. The intellectual forces of Rus
sla we're expanding at the time Of
hropotkin's youth, and he was iniu
enced by the liberal and revolutionary
literature which was beginning to cir
ft.l rfv-
his own opinions and ideals.
In 1862 Prince kropotkin joined the
Siberian CossacAs of he Amur district.
He acted as aide decamp to the Gov
ernor Of Trans Baikaiia at Onita, and
then he was appointed attache for Co.'S
sack affairs to the Governor General
Il East Siberia at Irkutsk
Leads Siberian Expedition
kropo kin took the opportunity that
was offered him Of leading a gtograph-
ical expedition into northern Man
churia and Siberia which ne began in
1864, A short time later he led an
expedition into the heart Of Manehuria.
These two expeditions were Sc lruit-
full in geographical results that Kro-
potkin was recognized as an expert in
that branch of science. The impos-
slbllity of bringing about any reforms
in the adm nistration of Siberia led
kropotkin to devote his entire attention
to scientific work, and especially
geography, in which he was highly
successful. For his geographical work
he was awarded gold medal and pro-
noted to the rank of captain in the
Russian army. In 1857 he left the
army and returned to Petrograd. where
no entered the university. occupying
the post of secretary to the physical
geography section of the Russian
Geographical Society, at the same
time
In 1873 Prince Kropotkin published
paper and maps which proved that the
existing maps of Asia were incorrect in
the country. Previous TO this he had
received commission from the Geo
graphical Society to explore the gla-
ciers of Finland and Sweden.
Becomes Active Among Nihilists
>, At this period of his career Prince
Kropotkin, though he was offered the
ciety for his good work, decided that
there was more important work to be
done than the discovery of new geo
graphical phenomena, and he hence
forth devoted himself to the diffusion
OF knowledge among the masses He
made trip to Belgium and Switzer-
land, where he affiliated himself
with the International Association
of Workers, and he became one OF the
most ardent members Of the anarchist
section of that body.
Returning to Russ Il, Prince Kropot-
kin took an active part n the organ
ization OF the Nihilists. In 1874 he was
imprisoned IN the Fortress % SITS. Peter
q Pom I = T..
two years. During this period he
worked on his geographical discov-
e. es. In 1875 he escaped from the
prison hospital and made his way to
England VIA Norway After a short
stay he left for Geneva Switzerland,
where he Joined the Jura Federation.
and founded the anarchist newspaper
La Revolte, also publishing several
revolutionary pamphlets. In 1877 he
went to Par s, where he helped stlrt
the Social st movement. Shortly ter
the assassination Of Gar Alexander II,
which KropotkiA defended and used
as means Of urging the worhnlen OF
Switzerland 10 unite against the aris-
tocracy by every possible means, lie
was expelled from Switzerland on the
instance Of the Russian government. and
alter short stay in France went TO
London, where he rema ned for o7e
wear, WI ting in periodicals and carry
ing on the Nihllist propaganda by con
ferences. He returned to Thomon,
Savoy, in 1882, where he was arrested
by the French government ana con-
demDed, after a trial at Lyons, to five
years in prison by French police
court magistrate. The charge was that
he mad belonged to the International
!, ora -ngm ems Association.
Hugo Tried to Intervene
In spite of the Intervention Of Victor
Hugo, the famous French novelist and
tatesman, in his favor and the protests
of eminent Eng shmel, Krcpotkin was
imprisoned for the greater part Of MS
sentence in the prison at ClairvauX.
He was pardoned by the President Of
the French Republic, after repeated
agitation fer hia re4ease in the French
Chamber Of Deputies. He went &c Eng
land, settling near London.
II was not until the recent Russian
revolution that he was able to return
to Russia, because to do so earlier
meant death By execution.
Prince Peter Krorotkin came to the
United States in 1897, and he lectured
at Chickering Hall on THE Struggle
for Freedom in Russia"
During his many years ol exile from
his native Russia Prince KropotAin
spent most of his time in England,
where he wrote mach He was he au-
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