Lenin Shot: Assassination Attempt Saves the Revolution
Fanya Kaplan fired three shots from a Browning pistol at Lenin as he left a Moscow factory, embedding bullets in his neck and shoulder that ended his physical recovery despite his survival. The attack triggered immediate executions by the Cheka and cemented the Bolsheviks' shift toward ruthless suppression of dissent, effectively ending any hope for a multi-party Constituent Assembly.
August 30, 1918
108 years ago
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