Was there any terrorism in the Soviet Union?
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Russian wiki has decently good article on terrorist attacks in Russia, including ones which took place in USSR.
- 1927 The bomb in Leningrad Communist University; 1 killed, 26 wounded; done by white emigrants terroristic organization Russian Common-Military Union
- 1934 Kirov's murder
- 1942 Stalin assasination attempt (actually killer shoot at Mikoyan's car by mistake)
- 1947 Bombing house in Lvov; 10 killed; done by Ukrainian nationalist, member of Ukrainian Socialist-Radical Party
- 1967 Bombing attempt in the Red Square (no reliable info on victims)
- 1968 Shooting in Kursk; 13 killed, 11 wounded
- 1969 Brezhnev assasination attempt
- 1971 Bombing bus in Krasnodar; 10 killed; done by psycho due to "misanthropy"
- 1973 bomb explosion near Lenin mausoleum; 3 killed (including suicide bomber), 4 wounded; terrorist was not identified
- 1977 the series of three bombings in Moscow (incl. Moscow subway); 29 killed; done by armenian nationalists
- 1990 Gorbachev assasination attempt
Also numerous (more than 15) taking hostages and plane hijackings, mostly non-politically motivated, including 1973 Tu-104 plane crash due to terrorist's bomb detonation (all 81 died).
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Yes, there was some terrorism in the USSR.
As you know, Kirov has been assassinated.
Many people were accused during Stalin's era in conspiring in making terrorist acts or assassinations, it is difficult to say how much of it was true.
After the war there were some rebels in Western Ukraine, they uses terrorist tactics (such as killing the school teachers etc).
There were some people who allegedly attempted to shoot on Soviet leaders during public speeches (including Brezhnev). This was apparently inspired by the assassination of Kennedy.
In the 1970s a problem emerged with plane hijackers. They usually threatened to blow up the plane and demanded a landing abroad. It was usually a way to emigrate to other countries and the hijackers rarely had real bombs and weapons.
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Unfortunately I can't recall specific details but while visiting a museum of Ukrainian Nationalism in the city of Lviv in the 1990s I remember seeing a huge map covering an entire wall showing acts of terrorism allegedly committed by Ukrainian nationalists all across the Soviet Union -- there were a LOT of them and of course mostly within the territory of Ukraine, but by no means all, some even in the far reaches of Siberia, and occurring over the full lifetime of the USSR, although mostly prior to the 1970s.
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I found the article about the bombings by Armenian nationalists: 1977 Moscow bombings (Wikipedia).
- It was a series of three explosions in Moscow subway and at two grocery stores in downtown Moscow (7 dead, abt. 40 injured).
I also found this page: Террористические акты в СССР: проблема с давней историей (Beggin' pardon for any possible mistranslations) with more details:
- 1970 (other sources cite 1955): Arkhangelsk - a lone gunman with an automatic rifle killed several local party officials
- 1970: Brazinska's father and son hijacked a plane, killed a flight attendant, wounded two of the crew, landed in Turkey, ended up in the United States
- 1975: Georgia (a USSR republic): three explosions close to official buildings, perpetrator executed.
- 1979: somewhere near Moscow: three politically motivated explosions
Assassination attempts:
- 1942: Saveliy Dmitriev: attempted assassination of Joseph Stalin (turned out he mistook another party official for JS)
- 1969: Viktor Ilyin: Brezhnev assassination attempt
- 1990: Alexandr Schmonov: Gorbatchev assassination attempt
Other translated pages also cite:
- 1970: an attempt by 16 Soviet Jews to hijack a plane from Leningrad.
- Post-WWII (into the 1950's): insurgencies in Ukraine and the Baltics, with numerous nasty killings and reprisals
- 1950-1980s: various small-scale killings of party officials by groups of Chechens.
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