Vasily Denisovich Generalov .1867 - 5.8(20).1887) was a Russian

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 revolutionary

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 and a member of Narodnaya Volya.

In 1886, Generalov enrolled in St. Petersburg University and later became a member of the "Terrorist

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 Faction" of Narodnaya Volya. He took active part in preparing the assassination

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 of Alexander III

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. On March 1, 1887, Generalov was arrested at Nevsky Prospekt

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, where he was supposed to murder the tsar

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.

Generalov was tried and sentenced to death by hanging

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 by the Special Presence of the Ruling Senate. He was executed in the Schlisselburg Fortress.