Memoirs of a Revolutionist · Character
Véra Zasúlich
Russian revolutionary who shot General Trepov.
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Also known as Véra Zasúlich
First appearance: ix
Véra Zasúlich shows up with force in St. Petersburg in the 1870s: The Reign of Reaction. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as the woman who shot at Trepov to avenge the flogging of a political prisoner, leading to the exposure of Potapov's thefts.
Véra Zasúlich first appears in 0041 ix.
In St. Petersburg in the 1870s: The Reign of Reaction: Mentioned as the woman who shot at Trepov to avenge the flogging of a political prisoner, leading to the exposure of Potapov's thefts.
Later, in VII: Heroine who shot General Trepov, acquitted by jury, and fled to Switzerland.
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See Véra Zasúlich in ix