Memoirs of a Revolutionist · Character

General Trepov

St. Petersburg police chief, target of an assassination attempt.

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Also known as General Trepov, Trepov

First appearance: Chapter IX: The Tsar and the Court

General Trepov shows up with force in Chapter IX: The Tsar and the Court. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as one who understood the art of knowing the Emperor's mood, and who reported a scandal involving a grand duke to the Tsar.

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General Trepov first appears in 0041 ix.

In Chapter IX: The Tsar and the Court: Mentioned as one who understood the art of knowing the Emperor's mood, and who reported a scandal involving a grand duke to the Tsar.

Later, in St. Petersburg in the 1870s: The Reign of Reaction: Chief of the St. Petersburg police, omnipotent and feared, who leaves a considerable fortune despite claiming to die poor; his flogging of a political prisoner provokes Véra Zasúlich's assassination attempt.

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Assassination and Repression
Revolutionary Thinkers and Writers
Imperial Court and Reformers
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Aftermath
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Chapter IX: The Tsar and the Court
Mentioned as one who understood the art of knowing the Emperor's mood, and who reported a scandal involving a grand duke to the Tsar.
St. Petersburg in the 1870s: The Reign of Reaction
Chief of the St. Petersburg police, omnipotent and feared, who leaves a considerable fortune despite claiming to die poor; his flogging of a political prisoner provokes Véra Zasúlich's assassination attempt.
V
Exploited the Karakozov affair alongside Shuvalov.
Part V: The Fortress; The Escape
Governor of St. Petersburg; orders harsh treatment of prisoners.
VII
Chief of St. Petersburg police, flogged prisoner Bogolyubov, wounded by Zasulich.
The Struggle Intensifies
Implied as one of the functionaries targeted in the self-defense phase of the struggle, though not explicitly named in the excerpt.

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