Background
PANKRATOV, Vasiliy was born on January 26, 1864.
PANKRATOV, Vasiliy was born on January 26, 1864.
1879 joined revol movement. 1881 joined “People's Will" organisation and conducted propaganda among workers in Saint St. Petersburg and Moscow. Founder many workers’ circles.
From 1882 operated in southern Russia. From early 1884 worked for Kiev branch of Young People's Will Party. 4 March 1884 arrested in Kiev, despite armed resistance.
Spent 14 years in Shlisselburg Fortress Prison. 1898 exiled to Yakutia. 1905 fled from exile, joined Socialist-Revolutionary Party.
1905 took part in December Revol in Moscow. May 1907 arrested and returned to Yakutia. 1912 returned to Saint St. Petersburg.
Until 1917 under secret police surveillance. Juli 1917 attacked Lenin in article in Newspaper “Zhivoye slovo”. Provisional Government appointed him comissar to guard ex-tsar.
Member, People's Will group.