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General Boris Savinkov, the Terrible, ended his life by jumping from the window of his prison cell in the State Political Department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Suicide | 5/25/1925 | See Source »

When Kerensky was ousted by the Bolsheyiki, Savinkov fled to Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Battle for Life | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

...about 45, dressed in a cheap double-breasted grey sack suit and a thin black tie. His face was reminiscent of a youthful Napoleon, but "cadaverous and drawn with deep shadows under the eyes." He was unafraid and viewed the spectators lazily. He was the arch-desperado, Gen. Boris Savinkov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Battle for Life | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

...afraid to die. I know your sentence already, but I do not care. I am Boris Savinkov, who always played on the threshold; Boris Savinkov, revolutionary and friend of revolutionaries, to be judged now by your revolutionary court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Battle for Life | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

Bela Kun dissented: "Savinkov is a bold fellow, who has always carried his life in his hands. But he is a romantic creature, not a Marxist. He has been tracked and threatened a thousand times and has lived ever in an atmosphere of murder and sudden death. Now he is up against it and, like the true romantic, gives us a beautiful story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Battle for Life | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

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