Paul Gorguloff
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Timofeyevich and the family name is Gorguloff.
Paul Gorguloff, originally Pavel Timofeyevich Gorgulov (Russian: Павел Тимофеевич Горгулов; June 29, 1895 – September 14, 1932), was a Russian émigré and assassin who shot and fatally wounded the French President Paul Doumer at a book fair at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris on May 6, 1932.
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Born | Pavel Timofeyevich Gorgulov June 29, 1895 |
Died | September 14, 1932 (aged 37) |
Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
Movement | Fascism |
Criminal status | Executed |
Motive | Revenge for France not providing more support for the White movement in the Russian Civil War |
Conviction(s) | Murder |
Criminal penalty | Death |
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