# Faina Stavskaya

> Faina Efremovna Stavskaya Russian: Фаина Ефремовна Ставская; Belarusian: Фаіна Яфрэмаўна Стаўская; 1890-1937) was a Belarusian revolutionary. Initially involved in the anarchist movement, she carried out propaganda throughout Belarus and attempted to assassinate the governor of Katerynoslav province. She was caught and imprisoned for several years, over time becoming attracted to the principles of revolutionary socialism. Upon her release during the Russian Revolution of 1917, she joined the Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR) and worked for it in Crimea, Moscow and Ufa. She was charged in the Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries, but managed to avoid a prison sentence after she agreed to join the Communist Party. She worked in a number of official positions throughout the 1920s and 1930s, becoming the director of the State Public Historical Library of Russia. She was arrested and shot during the Great Purge of 1937.

*Belarusian revolutionary (1890-1937)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/faina-stavskaya

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** Russia
- **Born:** 1890-11-19
- **Died:** 1937-07-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Faina Efremovna Stavskaya Russian: Фаина Ефремовна Ставская; Belarusian: Фаіна Яфрэмаўна Стаўская; 1890-1937) was a Belarusian revolutionary. Initially involved in the anarchist movement, she carried out propaganda throughout Belarus and attempted to assassinate the governor of Katerynoslav province. She was caught and imprisoned for several years, over time becoming attracted to the principles of revolutionary socialism. Upon her release during the Russian Revolution of 1917, she joined the Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR) and worked for it in Crimea, Moscow and Ufa. She was charged in the Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries, but managed to avoid a prison sentence after she agreed to join the Communist Party. She worked in a number of official positions throughout the 1920s and 1930s, becoming the director of the State Public Historical Library of Russia. She was arrested and shot during the Great Purge of 1937.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.2

## Sources
- [Faina Stavskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faina_Stavskaya)
- [Ставская, Фаина Ефремовна](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%95%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4439048)

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