Viktor Ilyin

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Viktor Ilyin
Personal details
Born
Viktor Ivanovich Ilyin

(1947-12-26) 26 December 1947 (age 76)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
ResidenceSaint Petersburg
Known forAssassination attempt of Leonid Brezhnev
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/service Soviet Army
Years of service1968–69
RankSecond lieutenant

Viktor Ivanovich Ilyin (Russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Ильи́н; born 26 December 1947) is a Soviet Army deserter who, at the rank of second lieutenant, attempted to assassinate the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev on 22 January 1969 in Moscow.

Biography

Ilyin was born in

Leningrad on 26 December 1947. He was less than two years old when he was taken away from his alcoholic parents and grew up in a foster family.[1]

He entered a topographical technical school and desired to become a geologist. However, after travelling to many different regions, a "depressing impression" was left on him of "poverty, drunkenness, devastation" - different to what Soviet television showed. As a result, he drafted a reform plan which included a monthly payment to each citizen from natural resource sales, which he sent to the Kremlin, but did not receive a response. He said that was when he decided to kill Brezhnev so that everyone would know of his ideas, where he planned to speak about his plan in court. He spent almost a year preparing to assassinate him and joined the army after graduation to gain access to weapons. [1]

He was distressed by the

Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968,[2] and had questioned local ideology officials about the Prague Spring.[citation needed
]

When Ilyin was on duty, he stole two

Andrian Nikolaev, and Valentina Tereshkova. A bullet killed the limousine driver Ilya Zharkov who was driving as a substitute on his last day before retirement. Beregovoy was wounded,[3] and Vasiliy Zatsipilin, who was part of the motorcycle escort, was also hit, but was able to aim his motorcycle at Ilyin, bringing him down.[4]
The guards were able to take control, as Ilyin suffered a seizure.

insane
and was placed in a mental hospital in solitary confinement for 20 years.

In 1990, he was set free, following a Supreme Court ruling.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^
    RBTH
    . 22 January 2017.
  2. ISBN 978-0-674-03344-3
    .
  3. ^ Shabad, Theodore (24 January 1969). "Gunman Attacks Car in Kremlin, 2 Wounded". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  4. ^ "Brezhnev Seen As Target In Cosmonaut Shooting". The Morning Herald. 24 January 1969.
  5. ^ Thelman, Joseph (December 2012). "The Man in Galoshes". Jew Observer. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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