gentlemen of the jury, when discussing the grounds for leniency, you will remember the life of zasulich revealed before you, perhaps her mournful wandering youth will explain to you the bitterness that has accumulated in her, which made her less calm, more impressed. final speech of the chairman of the jury anatoly fedorovich koni at the trial against the nihilist vera zasulich in 1878. she was tried for the attempt on the life of the st. petersburg mayor, trepov , and was acquitted, taking into account her lofty motives and hard life. terror was a frequent phenomenon, starting from the second half of the 19th century, as a means of political struggle; it was considered not only by bombers, narodnaya volya, but by the bolsheviks. vladimir lenin, in his work where to start, wrote: “in principle, we have never renounced and cannot renounce terror. this is one of the military actions that may be quite suitable and even necessary at a certain moment of battle, and under certain conditions. more before the formation of the state of israel in british mandatory palestine, terrorist attacks wer