especially her role in planning the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, would likely be classified as those of a terrorist. She was an interesting mixture of social reformist, terrorist, and feminist. She also possessed a very strong sense of commitment to her principles and ideals.
Her reference (Figner 25) to her fatherÆs belief that the Emancipation of the serfs was correct and something he would have done himself had history been different shows the seeds of socialism. His feelings about the plight of the peasants may have been a precursor to the thought necessary to develop the socialist-oriented thinking which Russia would soo
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