Karaulov Vasily Andreyevich

(1854 - 1910). As a student of the Kiev University he joined the People's Freedom Party, took an active part in raising awareness among the workers and peasants in 1884. military court sentenced to hard labor for 4 years, after serving them in Shlisselburgskaya fortress, transferred to a settlement in the Yenisei province. In 1905, Mr.. pardoned by the return of human. He lived in Krasnoyarsk, a private attorney, taking part in social and political activities. In the formation of parties in 1905. He was one of the organizers in Siberia, the Constitutional Democratic Party and it put forward candidates in all three State Duma, was chosen in the Duma III of the Yenisei province. In the Duma, he was one of the prominent members of the Constitutional Democratic Party, appeared most frequently on issues related departments of the Holy Synod and the religious, defending the freedom of conscience and in particular those of the Old Believers and sectarians. During his speech to the Duma (May 18 1910) on the introduction of zemstvos in the western provinces, a member of the Duma (right) Veraksin priest cried: "servitude" At this Karaulov replied: "Yes, . reverend father, . I servitude, . and with a shaved head and with shackles on his feet, . I measured the infinite Vladimirovka for, . that dared to wish to talk about, . that you have assembled in this collection,
. I have been convicted by a military court "... for the intention to change the state system, but without the violent means" ... and the fact that I was a convict, is my pride in my life. In the mighty wave, which made you into this room, there is a drop of my blood and my tears ... and it gives me reason to justify my existence before God and men ". These words have caused an explosion of applause on the left and center (Wed. V. Volkonskii).