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Top Literature - Gesya Gelfman |
 | | Gesya Mirovna Gelfman (Hesia Helfman, Гельфман, Геся Мировна in Russian) (her name is often incorrectly spelled Gesya Mironovna) (between 1852 and 1855, Mozyr — 2.1(13). |
 | | During the Pervomartovtsi trial of 1881, Gelfman was sentenced to death by hanging for her alleged part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II. |
 | | However, her execution was delayed due to her pregnancy, and exchanged for an indefinite period of katorga in 1882, thanks to the pro-Gelfman anti-execution campaign in the foreign press. |
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