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Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin
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Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin – a Russian revolutionary anarchist, geographer, and geomorphologist. He was born in Moscow into a princely family. After studying at the First Moscow Gymnasium, Kropotkin graduated from the Page Corps in Saint Petersburg in 1862. He then served in the Amur Cossack Host.
His military service gave Kropotkin the opportunity to take part in geographical expeditions across Northern Manchuria, the Eastern Sayan, and Central Eastern Siberia. Thanks to his research, the Patom and Vitim uplands, as well as several mountain ranges, were discovered. Because of his ideological convictions, in 1867 Kropotkin resigned and went to Switzerland, where he joined the First International. Upon returning to Russia he actively participated in the revolutionary movement, collaborated with the Chaikovsky circle, and carried out propaganda among workers and students.
In 1874 Kropotkin was arrested and imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress. After two years of imprisonment he was transferred to a prison hospital, from which he escaped and emigrated. While living in exile for forty years, Kropotkin produced his most significant works on history and politics, defending the principles of social justice in them. In 1917 he returned to Russia, but, remaining true to his anarchist convictions, refused to participate in the Provisional Government. After a short period living in Petrograd and then in Moscow, Kropotkin moved with his family to Dmitrov, where he died on February 8, 1921.
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Date of birth
09 December 1842
Date of death
08 February 1921
Occupation
Researcher