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Vera Figner
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Russian political activist (1852-1942)
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Vera Figner was a Russian political activist, memoirist, biographer, and writer. She was a member of the Narodnaya Volya and Socialist Revolutionary Party political parties. Figner was also a member of the Society of Former Political Prisoners and Exiled Settlers. She was educated at the University of Zurich and spoke Russian.
Born in Kazan in 1852, she died in Moscow in 1942 from pneumonia due to natural causes. She is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery. Her citizenship included the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. She had siblings named Nikolai Nikolaevich Figner and Lidija Figner.
Figner authored thirty works, including *Zapechatlennyĭ trud*, *Zheny dekabristov*, and *Mikhail Vasilʹevich Novorusskiĭ, 1861-1925*. Other notable works include *1 marta 1881 goda po neizdannym materīalam* and *Narodovolʹcheskai︠a︡ zhurnalistika*. She is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 7 July [O.S. 25 June] 1852
- Died
- 25 June 1942
- Works
- 30
Top works
- Zapechatlennyĭ trud
- Zheny dekabristov
- Mikhail Vasilʹevich Novorusskiĭ, 1861-1925
- 1 marta 1881 goda po neizdannym materīalam
- Narodovolʹcheskai︠a︡ zhurnalistika
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,255x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,020x
- Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2021 · cited 6,884x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice
· 2021 · cited 5,885x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1852-07-07 ) July 7, 1852, Kazan Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- June 15, 1942 (1942-06-15) (aged 89), Moscow , Soviet Union
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Kazan
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Socialist Revolutionary Party
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Image
- Vera Figner 1930.jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Commons category
- Vera Figner
- date of birth
- 1852-06-25
- date of death
- 1942-06-15
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Figner gained international fame in large part because of the widely translated memoir of her experiences. She was treated as a heroic icon of revolutionary sacrifice after the February Revolution in 1917 and was a popular public speaker during that year.
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