Alexander Antonov (politician)
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Aleksandr Antonov | |
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Russian SFSR | |
Cause of death | Killed in action |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation(s) | Revolutionary, politician, rebel leader |
Known for | Tambov Rebellion |
Political party | Socialist Revolutionary Party Left Socialist-Revolutionaries (from 1918)[1] |
Aleksandr Stepanovich Antonov (26 July 1889
Early life
Antonov was born in
Entry into politics
It is unknown exactly when Antonov became involved in radical politics.[2] At some point he joined the Socialist Revolutionary Party. He first appears on police records as a known revolutionary in 1908, when he travelled to Tambov to establish connections between his group and the Tambov Socialist Revolutionaries.[3] Antonov became an "expropriator", someone who carried out robberies to support the revolutionary cause (called "expropriations" by revolutionaries). Antonov is associated with the robbery of a railway station in Inzhavino, where a note was left stating the exact amount taken "by the party of anarchists-individualists", signed by "a member of the party".[4] He was also involved in the robbery of a bank in Kaninskii, where the amount taken was entered into the accounts book as being confiscated by "the Volga Union of Independent Socialist-Revolutionaries".[4]
On 20 February 1909, Antonov was arrested in Saratov, during an investigation into a plot to assassinate the commander-in-chief of the Kazan region, General Sadetskii. He does not appear to have been involved in this plot, but was imprisoned for his involvement in robberies.[5] He was given 20 years of katorga, spending the first part of his sentence in the Schlisselburg fortress and the rest in Vladimirsky Central[citation needed].
February Revolution and the Kirsanov Republic
In February 1917, Antonov was released from prison by the amnesty for political prisoners proclaimed by the
On May 13, the Duma representatives of Kirsanov declared the town to be an independent republic. A leading figure in this was the businessman A. K. Trunin, who declared himself "Procurer-General".
In October, officials of the Kirsanov uezd requested that Antonov be made head of the uezd Militia.[7] Around this time Antonov married his girlfriend, Sofiia Vasil'evna Orlova-Bogoliubskaia. Sofiia's brother Aleksandr also had connections to Kirsanov, and similarly to Antonov had been involved in "expropriations" before the revolution.[8] Antonov left his new wife in Tambov to take up his new appointment in Kirsanov.[8]
October Revolution, Tambov Rebellion and death
When the Bolsheviks
In Kirsanov he organised and became one of the leaders of the
References
- ^ a b Landis 2008, p. 49.
- ^ a b c d e f Landis 2008, p. 42.
- ^ a b Landis 2008, p. 43.
- ^ a b Landis 2008, p. 44.
- ^ Landis 2008, p. 45.
- ^ a b c d Landis 2008, p. 46.
- ^ a b c Landis 2008, p. 47.
- ^ a b c Landis 2008, p. 48.
- ^ Landis 2008, p. 50.
Bibliography
- Landis, Eric C. (2008). Bandits and Partisans: The Antonov Movement in the Russian Civil War. Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 381. ISBN 9780822943433.