Kirillov Victor Leonidovich
– post-graduate, Department of the history of Russia of the 19th and early 20th century, Lomonosov Moscow State University
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“Elizavetgrad Affair” of 1869. To the Question of Terrorism and Radicalism in the Russian Revolutionary Movement of the Late 1860s конца
In 1869 in Yelysavethrad, Kherson Governorate several former members of revolutionary groups of 1860s came into the view of the political police, accused by an author of poison-pen letter of preparation for attempt on the Russian emperor’s life. During the investigation they confessed to attempt to set up a store for illegal publications in the city; “terrorist” version of “the Yelysavethrad affair” changed into “propaganda” version. Some new materials, not encountered in the literature, suggest that S.G.Nechayev, who was in Yelysavethrad and met with the accused of this affair there, probably wrote the poison-pen letter for the purpose of impelling them to conflict with authorities and radicalize their views.Keywords: “the Yelysavethrad affair”; Russian revolutionary movement; revolutionary terrorism; revolutionary radicalism; S.G.Nechayev; M.K.Elpidin; Russian revolutionary emigration.
