Ivankovo massacre

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The Ivankovo massacre was a revenge spree killing that occurred July 26, 1925 in Ivankovo, Kostromskoy Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, RSFSR, Soviet Union. Peter Grachev, a peasant, aggrieved at the results of a land redistribution scheme, killed 17 and injured 3 with rifles and shotguns, after setting a fire to herd fellow villagers into an ambush.

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As lots of land were shuffled around amidst the Decree on Land enactment, Grachev lost out on a lot to a neighboring farmer. He turned inward and became despondent, allegedly making repetitive comments like "just wait and see; I'll get even with everybody."

Grachev sold all of his property and possessions; on July 26, he set ablaze his neighbors' homes as they were in the fields harvesting, and positioned himself in ambush along the road leading back to the homes. From there, he killed 17 fellow obshchina residents, also firing at firefighters from the adjacent town, as well as killing 12 horses.

He fled after the attack, and was eventually captured by the local state militia. At trial, he was found to be of sound mind, and sentenced in the maximal amount: ten years' solitary confinement. It emerged during these proceedings that Grachev had, earlier on July 26, killed his family and household staff before setting the fires.^[1][2][3]

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