Piotr Shabelsky-Bork
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Piotr Nikolaevich Shabelsky-Bork (Cyrillic: Пётр Николаевич Шабельский-Борк) (1893–1952) was a Russian officer active in anti-Semitic politics, who became a member of a Russian Nazi movement. He is best known for his 1922 murder of Vladimir Nabokov
, father of the Russian-American novelist of the same name.
Shabelsky-Bork was born in Kislovodsk
to a family of wealthy landowners. His mother was a member of the Union of the Russian People
, in which she played a leading role. She was an editor of a Black Hundreds periodical published in St Petersburg.
During the first world war Shabelsky-Bork served in the Russian cavalry in the rank of second lieutenant.
After the October Revolution he was briefly imprisoned by the Bolsheviks and emigrated to Germany.
He was an important promoter, in the 1920s, of the notorious Protocols of Zion. He was a friend of Fyodor Viktorovich Vinberg
, with whom he collaborated in the production of a yearbook, Luch Sveta ("A Ray of Light"). In the third issue of this periodical (May 1920) the complete text of the 1911 edition of Sergei Nilus
's book is published.
In 1922, he was one of the two assassins responsible for the death of Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
. The intended target was Pavel Miliukov, a leader of the "Kadets", but when Nabokov attempted to stop the assassination, he was shot twice and died instantly. For the crime, Shabelsky-Bork received a sentence of fourteen years imprisonment, but was released shortly after commencing his sentence.
In 1945 Shabelsky-Bork moved from Germany to Argentina. He died from tuberculosis in 1952.
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov was a Russian criminologist, journalist, and progressive statesman during the last years of the Russian Empire. He was the father of Russian-American author Vladimir Nabokov.- Life :Nabokov was born in Tsarskoe Selo, into a wealthy and aristocratic family...
, father of the Russian-American novelist of the same name.
Shabelsky-Bork was born in Kislovodsk
Kislovodsk
Kislovodsk is a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia, which lies in the North Caucasian region of the country, between the Black and Caspian Seas. The closest airport is located in the city of Mineralnye Vody. Population:...
to a family of wealthy landowners. His mother was a member of the Union of the Russian People
Union of the Russian People
The Union of Russian People — a loyalist right-wing nationalist party, the most important among Black-Hundredist monarchist and antisemitic political organizations in the Russian Empire of 1905–1917....
, in which she played a leading role. She was an editor of a Black Hundreds periodical published in St Petersburg.
During the first world war Shabelsky-Bork served in the Russian cavalry in the rank of second lieutenant.
After the October Revolution he was briefly imprisoned by the Bolsheviks and emigrated to Germany.
He was an important promoter, in the 1920s, of the notorious Protocols of Zion. He was a friend of Fyodor Viktorovich Vinberg
Fyodor Viktorovich Vinberg
Fyodor Viktorovich Vinberg — Russian military officer, publisher and journalist.- Biography :Born in Kiev in the family of a general, Vinberg studied in high school in Kiev and in the Alexander Lyceum. From 1891-1892 he worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1893 he entered military service...
, with whom he collaborated in the production of a yearbook, Luch Sveta ("A Ray of Light"). In the third issue of this periodical (May 1920) the complete text of the 1911 edition of Sergei Nilus
Sergei Nilus
Sergei Aleksandrovich Nilus was a Russian religious writer and self-described mystic....
's book is published.
In 1922, he was one of the two assassins responsible for the death of Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov was a Russian criminologist, journalist, and progressive statesman during the last years of the Russian Empire. He was the father of Russian-American author Vladimir Nabokov.- Life :Nabokov was born in Tsarskoe Selo, into a wealthy and aristocratic family...
. The intended target was Pavel Miliukov, a leader of the "Kadets", but when Nabokov attempted to stop the assassination, he was shot twice and died instantly. For the crime, Shabelsky-Bork received a sentence of fourteen years imprisonment, but was released shortly after commencing his sentence.
In 1945 Shabelsky-Bork moved from Germany to Argentina. He died from tuberculosis in 1952.