Cheka Executions

Executions Continue. April 19, 1918

Original Source: Novaia zhizn', No. 71, 19 April 1918, p. 3.

Executions continue. Not a day, not a night passes without several persons being executed. Last night a group of soldiers escorted four prisoners: V. Alekseev, A. Weis, D. Lebedev, and A. Smorchkov. Near Basseinaia Street all four were shot. The soldiers claim that the prisoners attempted to escape.

Another execution took place in the Vyborg side (Petrograd). Some time ago the Vyborg Side Soviet arrested Likhanin for belonging to the organization, "The Black Automobile." Last night Likhanin was being transferred from the investigation commission to the house of detention. On the way he was shot "for attempting to escape."

Source: James Bunyan and H.H. Fisher, ed., Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1918; Documents and Materials (Stanford: Stanford University Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1934), pp. 577.

1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth