Alexei Dmitrievich Pokotilov (; 1879–1904) was an Eser, terrorist, member of the Combat Organization of the

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, participants in the assassination of The Minister of Internal Affairs

Vyacheslav von Plehve Vyacheslav Konstantinovich von Plehve ( rus, Вячесла́в Константи́нович фон Пле́ве, p=vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ fɐn ˈplʲevʲɪ; – ) was a Russian politician who served as the directo ...

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Biography

Alexei Pokotilov belonged to a

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. His father was a major general. He studied at the

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. In 1901, he was deported under

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for 2 years due to participation in a demonstration near the

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. Pokotilov lived in

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, from where he managed to escape. On the night of April 1, 1904, he died in an explosion at the

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, Saint Petersburg.

References

1879 births 1904 deaths Russian untitled nobility Socialist Revolutionary Party politicians SR Combat Organization members Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni {{Russia-noble-stub