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Lena goldfield workers

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Lena goldfield workers

Gender: Male

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The Lena Goldfields massacre sparks protest across Russia

๐Ÿ“… 17 April 1912

Troops fired on striking goldfield workers, killing and wounding scores. Lenin and Bolshevik publications treated the massacre as evidence of state violence and renewed labor militancy; the minersโ€™...