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Some notable events around anarchism that happened in 1921.

February[]

  • 4: A town in Southwest Russia is named “Kropotkin” after Peter Kropotkin.[1]
  • 8: Peter Kropotkin dies from pneumonia in Russia at age 78. His funeral becomes one of the last public expressions of anarchism in Russia.[2]

March[]

  • 27: Dante Carnesecchi is ambushed and shot by 7 police in Dermo d'Arcola, Italy. He is at least 29 years old.[3]

June[]

  • 30: CNT member Francisco Jordan is assassinated by gunmen of the Sindicatos Libres in Barcelona, Spain. He is either 34 or 35.[4]
  • 30: Makhnovist Feder Schchus is killed in combat while fighting the Leninist Red Army in Ukraine. He was 28 years old.[5]

July[]

  • 18: Secretary of the CNT Committee Evelio Boal and CNT treasurer Antoni Feliu are killed in Barcelona, Spain. They were released from prison and shot while leaving. Evelio was 36.[6]

August[]

  • 11: Alberto Acquacalda is assassinated by fascists in Lugo, Italy. He was 23 years old.[7]

September[]

  • 29: Lev Chernyi is executed by the Cheka in Moscow, Russia. He was 43 years old.[8]

December[]

  • 22: After a workers militia surrenders to the Argentine army in Patagonia, the army begins executions. These executions kill the anarchist Facon Grande. He was 38 years old.[9]
  • Unknown date: Makhnovist Mykhailo Brova is assassinated by a Cheka agent in the North Caucasus, Russia. His exact age is unknown.[10]

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