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SR Combat Organization

Combat Organization of the Socialist Revolutionary Party
Боевая организация партии социалистов-революционеров
LeaderGrigory Gershuni (1902–1904)
Yevno Azef (1904–1908)
Boris Savinkov (1908–1911)
Dates of operation1902 (1902)–1911 (1911)
CountryRussia
IdeologyRevolutionary socialism
Narodnism
Political positionLeft-wing
Part ofSocialist Revolutionary Party
Opponents Russian Empire

The Combat Organization (Russian: Боевая Организация, romanizedBoyevaya Organizatsiya, or the Fighting Organization) was the terrorist branch within the Socialist Revolutionary Party of Russia. It was a terror sub-group that was given autonomy under that Party. In his memoirs, group member Boris Savinkov called the group the "Terrorist Brigade."[1] (This phrasing was followed in his own memoirs by Whittaker Chambers, an American spy for the Soviets.[2])

  1. ^ Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich (1931). Memoirs of a Terrorist. Joseph Shaplen (trans.). New York: A. & C. Boni. p. 364. LCCN 31018026.
  2. ^ Chambers, Whittaker (1952). Witness. New York: Random House. pp. 65–66. LCCN 52005149.

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