• ...generalised opposition to the Tsarist political system through the yearly commemoration of the victims of excessive force during the Lena massacre.[9]...
  • Account of the strike of Goldmine workers at Lena in the Russian Empire. Made famous for the brutal massacring of striking workers by the Tsarist authorities.
  • The Lena Massacre or Lena Execution refers to the shooting of goldfield workers on strike in northeast Siberia near the Lena River.
  • The strikers at Lena held out until August 12, when the last of the workers eventually capitulated and left the goldfields for good.
  • This source is an extract from the leaflet titled ‘The Anniversary of the Lena Massacre”.
  • The Lena River massacre reignited anti-tsarist tensions and led to a wave of strikes, particularly in St Petersburg.
  • Photograph of the Lena Massacre, the shooting of striking goldfield workers by soldiers of the Imperial Russian Army on the 17th April 1912.
  • The strikers at Lena held out until August 12, when the last of the workers eventually capitulated and left the goldfields for good.
  • The Lena Massacre or Lena Execution refers to the shooting of striking goldfield workers by the Russian Empire's tsarist army on 17 April [O.S. 4 April]...
  • The Lena Goldfield Massacre was the killing of goldfield workers who were on strike.