Hesya Helfman
Hesya Mirovna (Meerovna) Helfman (Yiddish: העסיע העלפֿמאַן; Russian: Геся Мировна (Мееровна) Гельфман, romanized: Gesya Mirovna Gelfman; 1855 — 13 February [O.S. 1 February] 1882) was a Belarusian-Jewish revolutionary member of Narodnaya Volya, who was implicated in the assassination of Alexander II of Russia. Escaping execution as she was pregnant at the time, she died in the aftermath of childbirth in prison.
Hesya Helfman | |
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| Born | 1855 Mozyr, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1 February 1882 (aged 26–27) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Cause of death | Peritonitis |
| Occupation(s) | Manual worker (seamstress); revolutionary |
| Political party | Narodnaya Volya |
| Spouse | Nikolay Kolodkevich |
| Children | 1 |
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