Biography Zasulich Vera Ivanovna

Zasulich Vera Ivanovna (27.07 (8.8) .1849 – 08.05.1919) – Party and literary pseudonyms – a great, great Dmitrievna, Vera I., Ivanov VV, Karelin NV, older sister, aunt, VI, etc. The activity Russian revolutionary movement. Born into a noble family. In 1867 in Moscow, has stood the test board and the teacher.

Arriving in 1868 in St. Petersburg, took part in revolutionary circles. In 1869-71 was in custody in connection with Nechayev case, then – in exile. From 1875 an illegal situation. A member of the Populist Party of Kiev "rebels," after the defeat which moved (1877) in St. Petersburg. January 24, 1878 shot at the St. Petersburg mayor y. ip. Trepov, on whose order the prisoner was flogged revolutionary Bogolyubov (Emelyanov AA).

Acquittal of her March 31, 1878 by a jury (the Chief Justice Koni defender PA Aleksandrov), called the unanimous approval of the public. Not wanting to undergo new arrest, an order which was issued after the acquittal, 3asulich immigrated. In 1879, he returned to Russia, joined the "reapportionment. In 1880 he emigrated again, was a foreign representative of the Red Cross "People's Will".

In 1883, clicking on the position of Marxism, became part of "The Emancipation of Labour", translated works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, carried with them the correspondence. At the end of 1899 secretly arrives in Russia to establish a connection with the Social-Democratic groups. In 1900 joined the editorial staff of "Iskra" and "Dawn". To participate in Congress 2 nd International. At the Second Congress of the RSDLP (1903) adhered to the Iskra minority after the Congress – one of the leaders of the Mensheviks. In the years of reaction (1907-10) a liquidator.

During the 1 st World War, 1914-18 social-chauvinist. In 1917 a member of the Menshevik Party "Unity". October 1917 revolution met with hostility. 3asulich belong to A Short History of the International Workingmen's Association, the works of Rousseau and Voltaire, literary-critical articles on the DI Pisarev, N. Dobrolyubov, Saratov State University, S. Krawczynski (Stepniak) and etc. In his literary-critical works 3asulich continued to advance the traditions of the revolutionary-democratic literature. Lenin sharply criticizing the Menshevik position 3asulich, appreciates her former revolutionary services. Cit.: Memoirs, Moscow, 1931; articles about Russian literature, Moscow, 1960. Lit.: VI Lenin, Collected Works, Vol. coll. cit., 5 ed. (See the help that Part 2) Karl Marx, Engels and Revolutionary Russia, Moscow, 1967; Kony AF, Memoirs of the case of V. Zasulich, Coll. cit., v. 2, Moscow, 1966; Kravchinski SM, cit., v. 1, Moscow, 1958.