SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Vera Figner

1852 - 1942

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Vera Nikolayevna Figner Filippova (Russian: Вера Николаевна Фигнер Филиппова; 7 July [O.S. 25 June] 1852 – 25 June 1942) was a Russian revolutionary and political activist. Born in Kazan Governorate of the Russian Empire into a noble family of German and Russian descent, Figner was a leader of the clandestine Narodnaya Volya ("People's Will") group, which advocated the use of terror to overthrow the government, Figner was a participant in planning the successful assassination of Alexander II in 1881. Figner was arrested and spent 20 months in solitary confinement prior to trial, at which she was sentenced to death. The sentence was subsequently commuted and Figner was imprisoned in the Shlisselburg Fortress for 20 years before being sent into internal exile. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vera Figner is the 262nd most popular social activist (down from 245th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 735th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Vera Figner ranks 262 out of 840. Before her are Attica, Emmett Till, Coretta Scott King, Édouard René de Laboulaye, Eunus, and Nancy Wake. After her are C. Rajagopalachari, Ho Jong-suk, Jacques Vergès, Edna Parker, Sophie Adlersparre, and Camilo Torres Restrepo.

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Among people born in 1852, Vera Figner ranks 51. Before her are Charles W. Fairbanks, Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Henri Gervex, Friedrich Loeffler, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, and John Henry Poynting. After her are Bérenger Saunière, Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal, Henry van Dyke Jr., László Mednyánszky, and Otakar Ševčík. Among people deceased in 1942, Vera Figner ranks 89. Before her are Georges Politzer, Alois Eliáš, Walther von Lüttwitz, Titus Brandsma, Lidia Zamenhof, and Valdemar Poulsen. After her are Walter Sickert, Cesare Mori, István Horthy, Konstantin Balmont, Atsushi Nakajima, and Gorazd.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vera Figner ranks 762 out of 3,761. Before her are Yevgeny Dragunov (1920), Ivan Vinogradov (1891), Boris Gromov (1943), Talabuga (1300), Yury Grigorovich (1927), and Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939). After her are Erich von Drygalski (1865), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Ivan Susanin (1501), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Arkady Gaidar (1904), and Nikolai Voznesensky (1903).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Russia

Among social activists born in Russia, Vera Figner ranks 19. Before her are Vladimir Bukovsky (1942), Dmitry Muratov (1961), Sophia Perovskaya (1853), Sergey Taboritsky (1897), Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov (1890), and Zinaida Portnova (1926). After her are Yuri Levitan (1914), Catherine Breshkovsky (1844), Natalya Estemirova (1958), Pavel Pestel (1793), Feodosia Morozova (1632), and Alexander Antonov (1889).

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