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Lekert, Hirsh (1879–1902)
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Russian revolutionary. A bootmaker by trade, he was a member of the Jewish socialist party, the Bund, in Dvinsk, Kovno, Yekaterinoslav, and Vilnius. He was executed for shooting the Governor of Vilnius because he had ordered the flogging of 26 demonstrators on 1 May 1902. ... log in or subscribe to read full text
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