Pyotr Voikov
| Pyotr Lazarevich Voykov Пётр Ла́заревич Во́йков |
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| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Soviet Union to Poland | |
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In office 8 November 1924 – 7 June 1927 |
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Pyotr Lazarevich Voykov 13 August 1888 Kerch, Russian Empire |
| Died | 7 June 1927 (aged 38) Warsaw, Poland |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis |
| Nationality | Russian, Soviet |
| Political party | Bolshevik, Communist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Adelaide Abramovna Belenkina |
| Children | Pavel Petrovich Voykov |
| Alma mater | University of Geneva |
| Known for | Participation in the Shooting of the Romanov Family Organization of the attempted assassination of Ivan Dumbadze |
Pyotr Lazarevich Voykov (Russian: Пётр Ла́заревич Во́йков; party aliases: Пётрусь and Интеллигент, or Piotrus and Intelligent) (August 13 [O.S. August 1] 1888 – June 7, 1927) was a Soviet revolutionary and diplomat known for his role in the Execution of the Romanov family. The exact role Voykov played in the killings in respect with his status as a respected diplomat by some groups in Russia has been a cause of frequent controversy.
He was born August 13 [O.S. August 1] 1888 into a Ukrainian family. His father was a mining engineer or, according to other sources, a seminar teacher. Voykov became involved in revolutionary activity at a young age. Whilst still attending Gymnasium, Voykov fantasized about killing the Tsar.
For his underground activities, he was expelled from the sixth grade of the Kerch Gymnasium. His parents had to change their place of residence and work. The family moved to Keukeneiz, where his father settled himself as a road master in the estate of the landowner Alchevsky. Thanks to the efforts of his mother, Pyotr was accepted into the eighth grade of the Yalta Alexandrovskaya Men's Gymnasium, but from there he was soon expelled.
The exact date of Voykov's accession to the RSDLP is not known, a period between 1903-1905 is assumed. Voykov was one of the five organizers and participants in the terrorist attack on July 20, 1906 against the Police Chief, M. M. Gvozdevich. The terrorist attack was unsuccessful, an improvised explosive device exploded in 50 steps from the police station, Gvozdevich was not injured. Voykov fled first to Kekeneiz, to his father, and then to Sevastopol and St. Petersburg. Two other participants in the terrorist act, Dmitry Nashaburgsky and Pyotr Koren, did not mention Voykov's name. The fact of Voykov's participation was established only in 1907.
In the summer of 1906 he joined the militant wing of the RSDLP, and participated in the transport of bombs, and the attempt on the life of Yalta Mayor General I. A. Dumbadze. In the autumn of 1906, at the height of the riots amid the revolution of 1905-1907, a State of emergency was declared in Yalta, and General Dumbadze authoritatively ruled the city, for which he was widely hated by socialists and militant revolutionaries. The latter demanded that the Mayor immediately resign, threatening him with death.
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