Ivan Kalyayev
Russian poet, a member of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party · Russia · On the map · Writers · Lived 1877 to 1905 · aged 27
Ivan Platonovich Kalyayev was a Russian poet, a member of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party. He is best known for his role in the assassination of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, which was an operation of the SR Combat Organization. Arrested at the scene, Kalyayev was convicted of murder and hanged.
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Kalyayev at the age of 18.
Photograph of Ivan Kalyayev taken just after the assassination. I threw the bomb from less than four steps. I was taken by the explosions, I saw the carriage flew to pieces...My overcoat was strewn with splinters of wood all around, it was torn and burnt, there was blood on my face...About this person
Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1905 · aged 27
