Savinkov Escapes in Disguise

Savinkov sometime between 1900-1917 In 1906, he was arrested and sentenced to death for his assassination of Vyacheslav von Plehve, the Russian Minister of Interior, and for participation in the bombing death of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia. However, he escaped from his prison cell in Odessa – reportedly because a warden agreed to exchange clothes with him, and he walked out, unchallenged, while the warden was arrested and hanged.[3] He left the Russian Empire to

A black-and-white portrait of Boris Savinkov appears above a highlighted passage describing his arrest, escape from prison in Odessa by exchanging clothes with a warden, and the warden’s arrest and execution. The joke is the absurdly cinematic historical detail, often shared as a reaction to an unexpectedly unbelievable escape story. EN: A black-and-white portrait of Boris Savinkov appears above a highlighted passage describing his arrest, escape from prison in Odessa by exchanging clothes with a warden, and the warden’s arrest and execution. The joke is the absurdly cinematic historical detail, often shared as a reaction to an unexpectedly unbelievable escape story.

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