Ivan Blok was the governor of Samara during the Russian Revolution of 1905.
Shortly after giving a speech in which he complained that citizens directed "hate filled glances" at himself despite "wear[ing] out [his] nerves maintaing order so that people can live like human beings", he was killed by a bomb.
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