Anatoli Zhelezniakov
Zhelezniakov, Anatoli, 1895-1919 - stormy petrel
A short sketch of the life of a young Russian anarchist sailor who, in collaboration with the Bolsheviks and others, was on hand to disperse both the Provisional Government in October 1917 and the Constituent Assembly in January 1918.
A very slightly revised version appears as Chapter 6 of "Anarchist Portraits" by Paul Avrich, Princeton University Press, 1988.
Zhelezniakov, Anatoli, 1895-1919
A short biography of Russian anarchist and Kronstadt sailor Anatoli Zhelezniakov.
Anatoli Grigorievich Zhelezniakov
Born 1895 - Russia, died 1919 - Russia
Zhelezniakov was a young sailor serving on a minelayer based at the naval base of Kronstadt when the rule of the Tsar was overthrown in Russia in February 1917. He was already an anarchist, subscribing to anarchist communist ideas as put forward by people like Kropotkin.
