Explosion in Leontievsky Lane

The Explosion in Leontievsky Lane was a terrorist act committed on 25 September 1919 by a group of anarchists with the aim of destroying the leadership of the Moscow Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

Among those present were responsible party workers in Moscow, district delegates, agitators and lecturers, about 100–120 people in total.

[1] As eyewitnesses later claimed, the secretary of the Moscow Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Vladimir Zagorsky jumped out from the presidium table, rushed to the side of the bomb that had fallen on the floor, shouting as he walked: "Calm down, nothing special, we will now find out what is the matter".

[1] On 25 September 1919, the newspaper Anarchia published a statement in which the anarchist group, the All–Russian Insurgent Committee of Revolutionary Partisans, claimed responsibility for the terrorist act.

The organizer of the terrorist act Kazimir Kovalevich and the bomber Pyotr Sobolev were killed during the arrest, as they were desperately shooting back and throwing bombs.

Seven more anarchists committed suicide bombing of the dacha at Kraskovo station when they realized that they were surrounded by extraordinary commissioners.

Eight participants in the preparation of the terrorist act – Grechanikov, Tsintsiper, Dombrovsky, Voskhodov, Nikolaev, Isaev, Khlebnysky and the already mentioned Baranovsky – were shot by order of the Moscow Extraordinary Commission.

Building of the Moscow Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) before the explosion, the house of Count Alexey Uvarov – mid–18th century; first third of the 19th century, architects Konstantin Bykovsky, Sergei Solovyov
Explosion results in Leontievsky Lane. The house was restored in 1922 by the architect Vladimir Mayat. Nowadays, the building houses the Embassy of Ukraine