Vasily Denisovich Generalov 8 March 1867, Potyomkinskaya,

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- 8 May 1887) was a Russian

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and a member of

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. In 1886, Generalov enrolled in St. Petersburg University and later became a member of the "

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Faction" of Narodnaya Volya. He took active part in preparing the

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of Alexander III. On March 1, 1887, Generalov was arrested at

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, where he was supposed to murder the

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. Generalov was tried and sentenced to death by

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by the

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. He was executed in the Schlisselburg Fortress.Pomper, Philip. ''Lenin's Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution.'' New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 2010.

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