26 Facts About Pyotr Voykov

Controversy exists as to whether Pyotr Voykov's family had Jewish origins, particularly among the far right.

Pyotr Voykov became involved in revolutionary activity at a young age.

Pyotr Voykov studied at the same Gymnasium from which Andrei Zhelyabov, one of the chief organizers of the assassination of Alexander II of Russia, graduated with a silver medal.

Already in the gymnasium, Pyotr Voykov thought about killing the Tsar.

Pyotr Voykov was expelled from the sixth grade of the Kerch Gymnasium, but he managed to pass examinations for grade seven.

Pyotr Voykov's parents had to change their place of residence and work as a result of his underground activities.

Thanks to the efforts of his mother, Pyotr Voykov was accepted into the eighth grade of the Yalta Alexandrovskaya Men's Gymnasium, but he was expelled from there too.

In 1905 Pyotr Voykov was already a member of the Kerch Committee of the RSDLP and fought in the ranks of the self-defense squad.

Pyotr Voykov was a member of the fighting squad of local social-democrats after moving to Yalta.

Pyotr Voykov fled first to Kekeneiz, to his father, and then to Sevastopol and St Petersburg.

Two other participants in the terrorist act, Dmitry Nashaburgsky and Pyotr Koren, did not mention Voykov's name.

Pyotr Voykov had no relation to the action on February 26,1907, because it was organized by one of the "flying combat units" of the Socialist Revolutionary Party.

In 1907 Pyotr Voykov left Russia on the passport of his classmate.

On returning to Russia, Pyotr Voykov became a Commissar of the Ministry of Labor of the Provisional Government; he was responsible for resolving conflicts between workers and employers.

Pyotr Voykov's activities led to a shortage of goods and a significant decrease in the standard of living of the local population.

Pyotr Voykov knew Nicholas Ipatiev, and had visited the Ipatiev House before it was selected as the final residence of Nicholas II of Russia and his family.

Pyotr Voykov himself claimed that the ring was taken from the hand of one of the Grand Duchesses and liked to show it off, though such a ring is not mentioned in any official documents or testimony given by the other executioners.

Besedovsky claimed that Pyotr Voykov was one of the primary orchestrators of the killing of the imperial family, and insisted particularly to the Ural Soviet that the entire family, including all five of the Tsar's children, must be killed.

Pyotr Voykov was summoned to Moscow and worked in the distribution department of People's Commissariat for Food Supplies until July 1919, when he was sent to work in Central Union of Consumer Cooperatives.

On October 26,1920, Pyotr Voykov was appointed a member of the board of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade.

Pyotr Voykov pulled a pistol from his pocket and returned fire at the assailant.

However, Pyotr Voykov faltered and collapsed into the arms of a Polish policeman who had arrived on the scene.

Pyotr Voykov, having received emergency first aid at the station, was rushed to the nearby Hospital of the Child Jesus, where he died at 10:40 AM the same day.

The autopsy performed on the same day by Professor Grchivo-Dombrowski revealed that Pyotr Voykov had been shot twice: once fatally in the left side of the chest, and once in the left shoulder.

The wound to the chest ruptured Pyotr Voykov's left lung, causing an internal hemorrhage.

Pyotr Voykov's body was transported from the hospital to the Soviet mission, which used the occasion to organize communist demonstrations in Warsaw.