Georgy Sudeykin
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Georgy Porfiryevich Sudeykin ' onMouseout='HidePop("54301")' href="/topics/Saint_Petersburg">Saint Petersburg
) was a Russian Gendarme
colonel
, the inspector of the Saint Petersburg Department for Protection of Communal Security and Order. He was killed by his own double agent, Sergey Degayev
.
Sudeykin was born into a noble family. In the 1870s, after graduating from a Cadet
school, he served in the Kiev
Gendarme Directorate. In 1879, he exposed the entire Kiev branch of the Narodnaya Volya terrorist organization, and he was quickly promoted to the top of the Okhrana hierarchy. In 1881, he became the Head of the Secret Department of Saint Petersburg
, responsible for coordination of all secret agents in the capital of the Russian Empire
. In 1882, a special position of the Inspector of the Secret Police was created for Sudeykin. There, he supervised all the secret agents of Okhrana.
Sudeykin had managed to recruit one of the Narodnaya Volya leaders, Sergey Degayev
, as his agent. According to Degayev, Sudeykin sounded almost like a revolutionary himself, referring to the tsarist regime as rotten and promising that eventually Sudeykin and Degayev would rule Russia, with Degayev helping to wipe out Sudeykin's enemies through the auspices of Narodnaya Volya, and Sudeykin removing all challengers to Degayev's leadership within Narodnaya Volya by employing the assistance of Okhrana. Degayev's information led to arrest of Narodnaya Volya's leader Vera Figner
and many other
important members of the organization.
Narodnaya Volya eventually exposed Degayev's betrayal. They offered to spare his life if Degayev assassinated Sudeykin. Degayev requested secret meetings with Sudeykin. For unexpected reasons, Sudeykin did not attend the first two of those meetings. Sudeykin came to the third meeting, however, and Degayev killed him by shooting him in the back on 16 December 1883. Degayev, with the help of Narodnaya Volya, managed to escape from Russia to the United States
, where he lived under the name of Alexander Pell.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) was a Russian Gendarme
Special Corps of Gendarmes
The Special Corps of Gendarmes was the uniformed security police of the Russian Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its main responsibilities were law enforcement and state security....
colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
, the inspector of the Saint Petersburg Department for Protection of Communal Security and Order. He was killed by his own double agent, Sergey Degayev
Sergey Degayev
Sergey Petrovich Degayev was a Russian terrorist, an agent of the Okhrana, and the murderer of inspector of secret police Georgy Sudeykin...
.
Sudeykin was born into a noble family. In the 1870s, after graduating from a Cadet
Cadet
A cadet is a trainee to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. The term comes from the term "cadet" for younger sons of a noble family.- Military context :...
school, he served in the Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
Gendarme Directorate. In 1879, he exposed the entire Kiev branch of the Narodnaya Volya terrorist organization, and he was quickly promoted to the top of the Okhrana hierarchy. In 1881, he became the Head of the Secret Department of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, responsible for coordination of all secret agents in the capital of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. In 1882, a special position of the Inspector of the Secret Police was created for Sudeykin. There, he supervised all the secret agents of Okhrana.
Sudeykin had managed to recruit one of the Narodnaya Volya leaders, Sergey Degayev
Sergey Degayev
Sergey Petrovich Degayev was a Russian terrorist, an agent of the Okhrana, and the murderer of inspector of secret police Georgy Sudeykin...
, as his agent. According to Degayev, Sudeykin sounded almost like a revolutionary himself, referring to the tsarist regime as rotten and promising that eventually Sudeykin and Degayev would rule Russia, with Degayev helping to wipe out Sudeykin's enemies through the auspices of Narodnaya Volya, and Sudeykin removing all challengers to Degayev's leadership within Narodnaya Volya by employing the assistance of Okhrana. Degayev's information led to arrest of Narodnaya Volya's leader Vera Figner
Vera Figner
Vera Nikolayevna Figner was a Russian revolutionary and narodnik born in Kazan, Russia.-Biography:...
and many other
Trial of the Fourteen
The Trial of the Fourteen was a trial of fourteen members of Narodnaya Volya. It took place on September 24-28 , 1884 in Saint Petersburg's district military court. Vera Figner - the last member of the Executive Committee of Narodnaya Volya to remain in Russia - was the principal defendant...
important members of the organization.
Narodnaya Volya eventually exposed Degayev's betrayal. They offered to spare his life if Degayev assassinated Sudeykin. Degayev requested secret meetings with Sudeykin. For unexpected reasons, Sudeykin did not attend the first two of those meetings. Sudeykin came to the third meeting, however, and Degayev killed him by shooting him in the back on 16 December 1883. Degayev, with the help of Narodnaya Volya, managed to escape from Russia to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where he lived under the name of Alexander Pell.