Boris Savinkov

Boris Viktorovich Sawinkow (Russian Борис Викторович Савинков, scientific transliteration Boris Viktorovič Savinkov; * Januarjul 19 / 31 January 1879greg in Kharkov in Ukraine. . † May 7, 1925 in Moscow), a Russian politician, a terrorist and author was. As a social revolutionary, he was initially opposed the Tsarist political system and was named after the October Revolution, a staunch enemy of the Soviet system. As one of the key members of the armed wing of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, which was initially directed by Grigori Gershuni and later by Jewno Asef, he was involved in a number of attacks on political opponents.

Life

Publications

Sawinkow has written as the author of several novels, of which the autobiographical novel The Pale Horse of the best known. The work gives insight into the state of mind of a terrorist and his motives for the atrocities. In 2004, this novel by Karen Shakhnazarov under the title The rider name was filmed death. The most common is likely to be published by him under the title Memoirs of a terrorist description of his crimes.