Lenin Survives Assassination Attempt as Bolsheviks Launch Crackdown on Opponents

August 30, 1918, is remembered in the history of the Russian Revolution for a very important and terrible event. On this day, Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin was attacked after giving a speech in a Moscow factory. A woman named Fanya Kaplan fired two shots at him. Lenin was seriously wounded but survived. After this attack, the Bolsheviks launched a massive repression against their political opponents. Russia was already burning in the fires of civil war and this incident made the situation more violent. Lenin was leaving a speech in a Moscow factory. Fanya Kaplan opened fire on him. She was associated with the Social Revolutionary Party. Kaplan fired two shots at Lenin. Lenin was badly injured in the attack. His condition was serious, but he survived after treatment by doctors. This attack shook the politics of Russia. It was seen by the Bolshevik government as a conspiracy against the Bolsheviks. A second large-scale political repression and political repression of thousands of people began in Russia.