Maria Kalyuzhnaya

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Maria Kalyuzhnaya
Мария Калюжная
Born1864 (1864)
Lebedyn, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died7 November 1889(1889-11-07) (aged 24–25)
Kara katorga, Transbaikal, Russian Empire
Cause of deathSuicide by poisoning
NationalityUkrainian
OrganizationNarodnaya Volya
RelativesIvan Kalyuzhny [ru; uk] (brother)

Maria Vasilyevna Kalyuzhnaya (

Gendarme. She committed suicide by poisoning in the Kara katorga
, in protest against the abuse of imprisoned women by the prison authorities.

Biography

Maria Vasilyevna Kalyuzhnaya was born in 1864, in

Kharkov and Romny, graduating in 1880.[1][2]

She joined the

Gendarmerie. She was arrested, tried by a military tribunal on 29 August and sentenced to 20 years in prison.[1][2]

She was imprisoned in Kara katorga, in the Transbaikal Oblast.[1][2][3][4] When the revolutionary prisoner Nadezhda Sigida was transferred to a punishment regime for slapping an gendarme officer, Kalyuzhnaya, along with Maria Kovalevska and Nadia Smyrnytska, went on hunger strike for two weeks, demanding that Sigida be allowed to see them. The women were beaten and tortured for their defiance.[3] In November 1889, Kalyuzhnaya committed suicide by poisoning together with Sigida, Kovalevska and Smyrnytska, in protest against the abuse of women by the prison authorities.[1][2][3][4] After learning about this, her brother Ivan also committed suicide by poisoning.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ Also known by the Ukrainian: Марія Василівна Калюжна, romanizedMaria Vasylivna Kalyuzhna.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Калюжная Мария Вacильевна". Genealogical Research Centre. Фамилия Калюжная (in Russian). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Калюжная, Мария Вacильевна". Hrono.ru (in Russian). 20 January 2000. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Pashchenko, Darya (7 November 2023). "Карийская трагедия". Diletant.media (in Russian). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b Rudyachenko, Oleksandr (31 August 2018). "Грабовський. Із бенкету людожерності" [Grabovski. From the feast of cannibalism]. Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 January 2024.