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Combat Organization of the Socialist Revolutionary Party | |
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Боевая организация партии социалистов-революционеров | |
Leader | Grigory Gershuni (1902–1904) Yevno Azef (1904–1908) Boris Savinkov (1908–1911) |
Dates of operation | 1902 | –1911
Country | Russia |
Ideology | Revolutionary socialism Narodnism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Part of | Socialist Revolutionary Party |
Opponents | Russian Empire |
The Combat Organization (Russian: Боевая Организация, romanized: Boyevaya Organizatsiya, or the Fighting Organization) was the terrorist branch within the Socialist Revolutionary Party of Russia. It was a terror sub-group that was given autonomy under that Party. In his memoirs, group member Boris Savinkov called the group the "Terrorist Brigade."[1] (This phrasing was followed in his own memoirs by Whittaker Chambers, an American spy for the Soviets.[2])