Russian Revolution · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Bezdna unrest (1861)
On the Russian Revolution map as “Bezdna”
12/24 Apr 1861 — Thousands of peasants gather around Anton Petrov, who reads the emancipation statutes as a promise of the land that officials are hiding. Troops fire on the unarmed crowd: the general reports 51 dead, and other counts run to 70–100 or more. Petrov is court-martialled and shot a week later. This memorial marks the first victims of the reform.
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- Great Reforms of Alexander II (chapter 1 of Russian Revolution)
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- The Russian Revolution, 1855–1924
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