Khioniya Guseva

Khioniya Guseva
Guseva, c. 1914
Bornc. 1880/81
Diedafter 1919 (aged at least 38-39)
NationalityRussian
OccupationAssassin
Years active1914
Known forAttempted murder of Grigori Rasputin in 1914

Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva (c. 1880/81 – after 1919) (her first name has alternatively been spelled as Khionia or Jina or Chionya and her surname has been alternatively spelled as Gusyeva) [1] was a Russian townswoman (meshchanka) of Syzran (near Simbirsk) who attempted to kill Grigori Rasputin in 1914.

  1. ^ Russian: Хиония Кузьминична Гусева