36. Assassination by Poisoning: Russia & The Soviet Union
SPYCRAFT 101
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Fanya Kaplan was a zealous young radical socialist who had already spent 11 years in a Siberian labor camp. In August of 1918, Fanya targeted Vladimir Lenin for assassination. She approached him as he was departing a Soviet arms factory in Moscow and fired at him three times with a revolver. This is the Spicraft 101 Podcast.
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