Nikolai Pavlovich Schmidt

Nikolai Pavlovich Schmidt (1883 – 1907) was a Russian revolutionary aligned with the Bolsheviks. He was arrested in October 1905 during the 1905 Revolution. He apparently committed suicide in suspicious circumstances whilst in prison expecting imminent release.[1]

The body of Nikolai Pavlovich Schmidt on display after his death

Schmidt was the nephew of Savva Morozov. His father Pavel Aleksandrovich Schmidt married Vera Vikulovna Morozova, the heiress of a rich Old Believer family. Both he and his uncle were sympathetic to the Bolsheviks and provided funds for their newspaper, Novaya Zhizn.[2]

References

Volkogonov, Dmitri (2008). Lenin. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-0554-2. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
Turton, Katy (2017). Family Networks and the Russian Revolutionary Movement, 1870–1940. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-39308-0.

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[Volkogonov-1] Volkogonov, Dmitri (2008). Lenin. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-0554-2. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[Turton-2] Turton, Katy (2017). Family Networks and the Russian Revolutionary Movement, 1870–1940. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-39308-0.