# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolay-speshnev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:09:38.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolay-speshnev"
name: "Nikolay Speshnev"
slug: "nikolay-speshnev"
description: "Nikolay Alexandrovich Speshnev was a 19th-century Russian aristocrat and political activist, best known for his involvement with the pro-socialist literary discussion group the Petrashevsky Circle. He formed a secret revolutionary society from among the members of the circle, which included the young Fyodor Dostoevsky. After the government of Tsar Nicholas I arrested the members of the Petrashevsky Circle in 1849, Speshnev was interrogated, threatened with torture, and eventually sentenced, along with Dostoevsky, Petrashevsky and others, to execution by firing squad. The sentence was commuted to hard labour in Siberia, but the prisoners were only informed of this after enduring a mock execution."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Nikolai_Alexandrovich_Speshnev.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1820-10-06"
deathDate: "1882-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.07
  momentum:             2.392638036809816
  historical:           5.492442666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%98"
    title: "ნიკოლაი სპეშნევი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Speshnev"
    title: "Nikolay Speshnev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikol%C3%A1i_Sp%C3%A9shnev"
    title: "Nikolái Spéshnev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D1%94%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%94%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Спєшнєв Микола Олександрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Николай Александрович Спешнев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Спешнев, Николай Александрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4431147"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump