Memoirs of a Terrorist by Boris Savinkov

Memoirs of a Terrorist by Boris Savinkov is a detailed biography and autobiography that examines the violent landscape of early 20th-century Russia. As a leader of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party's Combat Organization, Savinkov provides a firsthand account of organizing and executing notorious political attacks. This volume 1 edition, featuring a new translation by Jonathan Daly and Scott Smith, explores the ethics of terrorism and the internal world of those who wielded violence to achieve political change.

The text maintains a matter-of-fact style, juxtaposing chaotic events with businesslike pragmatism. Savinkov describes recruiting assassins and planning bomb blasts that targeted senior officials in 1904 and 1905. With an unpublished introduction and annotations written in a Soviet prison, Memoirs of a Terrorist by Boris Savinkov offers a comprehensive look at the methods and operations of Russian revolutionary terrorists within the biography and autobiography genre.