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Some notable events around anarchism that happened in 1937.

March[]

  • 4: Anarchist Alexey Solonovich is executed as part of the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.[1]

April[]

  • 27: Antonio Martin Escudero is killed in an ambush in Spain.[2]

May[]

  • 4: Domingo Ascaso Abadia is assassinated in Spain by an unknown force, but likely Leninists.[3]
  • 5: Camillo Berneri is assassinated in Spain by police aligned with the Leninists.[4]
  • 5: Pedro Tufro Berta is assassinated in Spain by Leninists.[5]

July[]

  • 13: Former anarchist Faina Stavskaya is executed as part of the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.[6]

August[]

  • 22: Former anarchist turned Falangist Marciano Pedro Durruti (younger brother of Buenaventura Durruti) is executed by the Francoists in Ferral del Bernesga, Spain. He was 26 years old.[7]

October[]

  • 4: Vladimir Shatov is executed as part of the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.[8]

Unknown month[]

  • Alejandro Finisterre patents the modern version of table football (aka foosball) while recovering from war-related injuries in Barcelona. He does this as he realises that wounded Republican soldiers will not be able to play football ever again.[9]

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References[]

  1. ↑ https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
  2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Mart%C3%ADn_Escudero
  3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Ascaso_Abad%C3%ADa
  4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo_Berneri
  5. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Tufr%C3%B3_Berta
  6. ↑ https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F,_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%95%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0
  7. ↑ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marciano_Pedro_Durruti
  8. ↑ https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
  9. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Finisterre
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