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Fanny Kaplan

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Assassin (Failed)

The Resume

    (January 10, 1890-September 3, 1918)
    Born in Russian Federation
    Birth name was Fanya Yefimovna Kaplan
    Also went by the name Dora Kaplan
    Russian Jew who joined the Socialist Revolutionaries, a political group trying to end the Bolshevik party
    Attempted to assassinate Russian leader Vladimir Illyich Lenin (August 30, 1918)
    Executed without trial by firing squad at age 28

Why she might be annoying:

    She was caught at age 16 transporting bombs and sentenced to life at hard labor (mining) in Siberia.
    When she was let go at age 27, rather than return to civilian life she plotted to shoot Lenin.
    Though she hit Lenin in the jaw and left shoulder (a third bullet passed through his coat) he survived.
    Immediately after her failed attempt the Bolsheviks began their reign of Red Terror, executing around 800 political opponents without trial.

Why she might not be annoying:

    11 years of hard labor caused her to lose her eyesight and suffer from severe migraines.
    An operation partially restored her sight.
    Through days of interrogation she refused to give up her co-conspirators.
    Soviet propaganda painted her as an evil sociopath but some saw through the whitewash and hailed her as a martyr.
    On April 1, 2002, a bronze monument of her was erected in her honor in Moscow.

Credit: Scar Tactics


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 30 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 62 Votes: 46.77% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 43.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 62 Votes: 59.68% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 101 Votes: 45.54% Annoying