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Foreign News July 18, 1922

The Beatrice Daily Express

Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska

What is this article about?

Unconfirmed report from Copenhagen claims Russian Premier Nicolai Lenine was poisoned by Moscow radicals on a train to the Caucasus and his body thrown into the River Don; an accomplice is reportedly impersonating him at a resort.

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LENINE IS AGAIN REPORTED KILLED

Copenhagen, July 18.—Nicolai Lenine, Russian premier, was murdered while enroute to a Caucasian watering place according to a dispatch received today, from the Riga correspondent of a Copenhagen newspaper. The report, which lacked confirmation, said Lenine was poisoned on a train by Moscow radicals and his body hurled into the River Don.

It was reported from Riga that one of the accomplices in Lenine's murder was an executive in the third internationale who is now impersonating Lenine at the Caucasian bathing resort.

What sub-type of article is it?

Political

What keywords are associated?

Lenine Murder Russian Premier Moscow Radicals River Don Impersonation Unconfirmed Report

What entities or persons were involved?

Nicolai Lenine

Where did it happen?

Russia

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Russia

Event Date

July 18

Key Persons

Nicolai Lenine

Outcome

murdered by poisoning on a train; body hurled into the river don; unconfirmed report; accomplice impersonating lenine

Event Details

Nicolai Lenine, Russian premier, was murdered while enroute to a Caucasian watering place, poisoned on a train by Moscow radicals, according to an unconfirmed dispatch from the Riga correspondent of a Copenhagen newspaper. One accomplice, an executive in the third internationale, is impersonating Lenine at the Caucasian bathing resort.

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