Revolution of 1905 - Rise of Terrorism

Rise of Terrorism

The years 1904 and 1907 were a time of decline for the mass movements, such as strikes and political demonstrations, but also a time of rising political terrorism. SR Combat Organization and other combat groups carried out numerous assassinations targeting civil servants and police, and robberies. Between 1906 and 1909, revolutionaries killed 7,293 people, of whom 2,640 were officials, and wounded 8,061.

Notable victims of assassins included:

• Dmitry Sipyagin – Minister of Interior. Killed 15 April 1902 in Saint Petersburg.
• Nikolai Bobrikov – Governor-General of Finland. Killed 30 June 1904 in Helsinki.
• Vyacheslav von Plehve – Minister of Interior. Killed 10 August 1904 in Saint Petersburg.
• Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia – Killed 17 February 1905 in Moscow.
• Eliel Soisalon-Soininen – Procurator of Justice of Finland. Killed 19 February 1905 in Helsinki.
• Victor Sakharov – former war minister. Killed 5 December 1905.
• Admiral Chukhnin – the Black Sea Fleet commander. Killed 24 July 1906.
• Aleksey Ignatyev – Killed 22 December 1906.