Fanny Kaplan

Also known as Fanny Efimovna Kaplan, Fanny Yefimovna Kaplan, Fanni Kaplan, Fanni Efimovna Kaplan, Fanni Yefimovna Kaplan, Feyga Roytblat, Feiga Roitblat, Feyga Khaymovna Roytblat

Russian assassin (1890-1918)

Key facts

Born: Feiga Haimovna Roytblat , ( 1890-02-10 ) 10 February 1890, Volhynian Governorate , Russian Empire
Died: 3 September 1918 (1918-09-03) (aged 28), Moscow , Russian SFSR
Cause of death: Execution by shooting
Known for: attempted assassination of Vladimir Lenin

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Instance of: human
Given name: Fanny
Gender: female
Citizenship: Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Place of birth: Volhynian Governorate
Place of death: Moscow
Occupation: politician
Political party: Socialist Revolutionary Party
Languages spoken: Yiddish
Image: Kaplan fanny 1918.jpg
Political ideology: Socialist Revolutionary Party

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Commons category: Fanny Kaplan
date of birth: 1890-02-10
date of death: 1918-09-03
birth name: Фейга Хаимовна Ройтблат
ethnic group: Jewish people
influenced by: Maria Spiridonova
cause of death: execution by shooting
manner of death: capital punishment
name in native language: Фанни Ефимовна Каплан

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Encyclopedic overview

Fanny Efimovna Kaplan (Russian: Фанни Ефимовна Каплан; real name Feiga Haimovna Roytblat, Фейга Хаимовна Ройтблат; 10 February 1890 – 3 September 1918) was a Russian Socialist-Revolutionary who attempted to assassinate Vladimir Lenin. She was arrested and executed by the Cheka in 1918.

Born into a Jewish family, Kaplan served a sentence of hard labor during the tsarist years for her revolutionary activities. As a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, Kaplan viewed Lenin as a "traitor to the revolution" when the Bolsheviks enacted one-party rule and banned her party. On 30 August 1918, she approached Lenin, who was leaving a Moscow factory, and fired three shots. Lenin was badly injured by two of the shots she fired. Interrogated by the Cheka, she refused to name any accomplices before being executed. The Kaplan attempt and the Moisei Uritsky assassination were used by the government of Soviet Russia for the reinstatement of capital punishment, which had been abolished by the Russian Provisional Government in March 1917.

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