Lydia Nikolaevna Figner (1853–1920), was a Russian revolutionary and a prominent member of the

Narodniks The Narodniks were members of a movement of the Russian Empire intelligentsia in the 1860s and 1870s, some of whom became involved in revolutionary agitation against tsarism. Their ideology, known as Narodism, Narodnism or ,; , similar to the ...

. She was the sister of

Vera Figner Vera Nikolayevna Figner Filippova (; – 25 June 1942) was a Russian revolutionary and political activist. Born in Kazan Governorate of the Russian Empire into a noble family of Germans, German and Russians, Russian descent, Figner was a leader ...

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* V. N. Figner, Autobiografia, 1926, Dizionario enciclopedico Granat, v. 40. * 1853 births 1920 deaths People from Tetyushsky District People from Tetyushsky Uyezd People from the Russian Empire of German descent Nobility from the Russian Empire Narodniks Narodnaya Volya Female revolutionaries {{Socialist-stub