Spartaco Lavagnini (born 6 September 1889 in

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; died 27 February 1921,

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) was an Italian communist

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Biography

Spartaco Lavagnini was a militant socialist, forerunner of the communist "svolta", killed by fascist squads as a retaliation for the anarchist attack against a nationalist parade on the same day in which students Carlo Menabuoni and Carabiniere Antonio Petrucci had died.

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{{Authority control 1889 births 1921 deaths People from Cortona Italian activists