Sergei Nikolaevich Bobokhov (russian: Сергей Николаевич Бобохов; 1858 – 16 November 1889) was a Russian revolutionary, who committed suicide as a protest against the flogging of woman comrade in Siberia.

Biography

Born into a wealthy Russian family, he was educated at a gymnasium in

Saratov Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...

, and as teenager joined the 'to the people' movement when young middle class radicals visited villages hoping to improve the lot of Russian peasants. Unlike many others, he avoided arrest, and in 1875 entered university in

St-Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, but was expelled in 1876 and sent back to Saratov for taking part in a student protest. The following year, he was exiled to

Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies o ...

for spreading populist propaganda. He attempted to escape, but was caught on the road. He was accused of shooting at the police during his arrest, though he claimed that he had fired in the air, hoping that he would be tried in public and would be able to use his trial to expose the arbitrariness of Tsarist rule. He was sentenced to death by a military tribunal in Arkhangel, but because of his youth - he was aged 19 - the sentence was commuted to 20 years hard labour in

Kara katorga Kara katorga (Russian: Карийская каторга, Kariyskaya katorga) was the name for a set of katorga prisons of extremely high security located along the Kara River in Transbaikalia (a tributary of the Shilka River, flowing into it at ...

. He spent ten years in the Kara convict settlement, working in the mines. On hearing of the death of the political prisoner

Nadezhda Sigida Nadezhda Konstantinovna Sigida (russian: Наде́жда Константи́новна Сиги́да), née Malaxiano () (1862–1889), was a Russian revolutionary, heroine of the Kara katorga tragedy of 1889. Background Nadezhda Malaxiano wa ...

, who had been subjected to 100 lashes, he was one of 20 male prisoners who poisoned themselves in protest, on 15 November 1889. Most survived, but Bobokhov died the following day.

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