Was there any terrorism in the Soviet Union?
score:31
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).
Upvote:1
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.
Upvote:2
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.
Upvote:13
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.
More post
- 📝 What is the original German version of Bismarck's phrase about intentions and capabilities?
- 📝 Was the Persian conquest of Tyre particularly easy, uneventful, or do we lack sources?
- 📝 Is there any evidence besides the scriptures that the Ark of the Covenant existed?
- 📝 Why was the government expenditures of the Roman Empire very low compared to modern governments?
- 📝 Did the Ukraine and Moldova belong to Russia between 1905-1918?
- 📝 Under German-Nordic heraldic tradition, can arms pass through the female line?
- 📝 How fortified was Cyprus during WW2?
- 📝 Border between the Western and Eastern Roman Empires
- 📝 Roman navy propelled by animals instead of human rowers?
- 📝 How did the Allies deliver the Moscow Declaration to the Nazis?
- 📝 Why didn't Saudi unification include the coastal states of Qatar, the UAE, Oman, Yemen, and Kuwait?
- 📝 Why is Lady Jane Grey called Lady instead of Queen?
- 📝 What is the oldest known work of fiction?
- 📝 Why did the Monitor and Merrimac (aka Virginia) have such radically different designs?
- 📝 Why have eunuchs been so influential in Chinese history?
- 📝 Would Plutarch be considered a historian by modern standards?
- 📝 What was the de facto rule by which the imperial title was transmitted in various Chinese dynasties?
- 📝 Did anyone in England in the 1680's wear a beard?
- 📝 Why was the Red Army successful against the Japanese in 1939 but perform poorly against Finland 1939-40 and early part of WW2?
- 📝 Sources on St. Patrick
- 📝 Why didn't the Arab states industrialize?
- 📝 Was Emperor Francis II & I present at the Battle of Austerlitz?
- 📝 How far did the Roman Empire ever try to extend its reach (but fail)?
- 📝 Why does the Spanish Military Medical Corps use the Amalfitan Cross?
- 📝 What was the relatively most populous city in history?
- 📝 Voting enfranchis*m*nt in the USA in the 18th century
- 📝 Where was the operation Market Garden UK planning headquarters?
- 📝 What did whistling bombs actually sound like?
- 📝 WW1 shell case markings
- 📝 Where were the western legions when the Roman empire fell?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Was there any terrorism in the Soviet Union?
- 📝 Was there a pre-determined arrangement for the division of Germany in case it surrendered before any Soviet forces entered its territory?
- 📝 Was there a constant 'fear of the bomb' in the Soviet Union and America during the Cold War?
- 📝 Why did Hitler attack the Soviet Union when he was still busy fighting the United Kingdom?
- 📝 Is there any evidence to support the claim that the United States was "suckered into WW1" by Zionists, made by Benjamin Freedman in his 1961 speech?
- 📝 Did the Soviet Union or its satellite states have any broadcast propaganda media for an international audience?
- 📝 What was the ratio women to men after World War 2 in the Soviet Union
- 📝 How close was the Soviet Union to collapsing during WW2?
- 📝 Was there any theological opposition to the lightning rod?
- 📝 Was there ever any doubt which side the USA would join?
- 📝 Was the Soviet Union in 1945 seeking to capture German soldiers and civilians, or drive them west?
- 📝 What determined which companies went to which post-Soviet republics after the fall of the Soviet Union as everything was centralized in Moscow?
- 📝 Were there any westerners who entered the soviet bloc to escape capitalism?
- 📝 Was there any genuine debate in the pre-1860 United States regarding Native American sovereignty?
- 📝 Was there any new military innovation during the Siege of Malta?
- 📝 Are there any ideas as to what the English landscape was like before the arrival of the Angles?
- 📝 Was there any connection between the Ottonians and Benedictines?
- 📝 Are there ways to measure "how much power did "Russia" lose when the Soviet Union broke up?"
- 📝 Between the 7 Years War and 1776, was there any effort to have the colonies represented in Parliament?
- 📝 Was there any conflict/interaction between the Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam?
- 📝 In the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, was there any secret agreement on the timetable, if any, of taking the spheres of influence?
- 📝 Why are there shields present on the sides of Henry VIII ships, did they serve any function or was it pure decoration?
- 📝 Is there any evidence that the book of Isaiah was written before Cyrus?
- 📝 Was there any influence between the Gracchus reforms and the end of the republic?
- 📝 What was the lowest available population to the Soviet Union in WW2?
- 📝 Was there any distinction between the 13 Colonies and the Canadian provinces prior to the American Revolution?
- 📝 Was there ever support for any persons outside of the empire to be elected Holy Roman Emperor?
- 📝 What was the strategic importance of Moscow to the Soviet Union in Dec 1941?
- 📝 Why was the Soviet Union unable to stop the violence in Nagorno-Karabakh?
- 📝 During World War II, were there any parts of the Japanese overseas empire that was capable of local re-supply?