@SpiesVespers: OTD Sept 3 1918 Fanny Kaplan, a member of the narodnik Socialist Revolutionaries, was executed for her attempted assassination of Lenin three days earlier. The serious injuries from the attempt likely contributed to Lenin’s ill health and early death at 53 in 1924.

OTD Sept 3 1918 Fanny Kaplan, a member of the narodnik Socialist Revolutionaries, was executed for her attempted assassination of Lenin three days earlier. The serious injuries from the attempt likely contributed to Lenin’s ill health and early death at 53 in 1924. pic.twitter.com/jtQ8k0Sz0X

— SPIES&VESPERS (@SpiesVespers) September 3, 2024