Word: savinkov
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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Then came the Revolution of 1917, with Kerensky at its head; the active support of his regime was the arch-revolutionary Gen. Boris Savinkov...
When Kerensky was ousted by the Bolsheyiki, Savinkov fled to Paris...
...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...
...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...
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...