31:
177:
government and
Lejeune was later invited to settle in the Soviet Union where he moved in 1928. By the time of his death in Novosibirsk in 1942, Lejeune was recognized as the last surviving
154:
against the French government at the onset of the Paris
Commune. Over the next two months under the Paris Commune, Lejeune participated in skirmishes in Bagnolet and the
245:
295:
147:
155:
30:
146:. Although initially discharged for health reasons, Lejeune reenlisted to fight against the Prussians during the
186:
85:
181:
at 94 years' old. Originally buried in the Soviet Union, his ashes were repatriated on the initiative of the
135:
182:
305:
300:
246:"Uses and Abuses of the Paris Commune: the Extraordinary Story of Adrien Lejeune, the Last Communard"
163:
290:
166:. On 12 February 1872 he was sentenced to five years in prison, eventually reduced to four years.
139:
170:
150:
as part of the 2nd
Company of the 28th Battalion. On 18 March 1871 he participated in the
284:
151:
119:
111:
108:
96:
54:
162:
in May 1871. On 28 May, the final day of the Paris
Commune, Lejeune was arrested in
143:
159:
70:
193:, on 23 May 1971, as part of the centenary celebrations of the Paris Commune.
178:
115:
215:
275:
The Last
Communard: Adrian Lejeune, the Unexpected Life of a Revolutionary
131:
50:
174:
190:
74:
92:
80:
60:
37:
21:
130:Adrien Félix Lejeune was born on 3 June 1847 in
173:of 1917, the Paris Commune was idolized by the
8:
29:
18:
210:
208:
206:
114:who is recognized as the last surviving
202:
239:
237:
158:, culminating with action during the
107:(3 June 1847 – 9 January 1942) was a
7:
152:defense of the cannons of Montmartre
250:The International Marxist-Humanist
14:
296:Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
16:French revolutionary (1847–1942)
244:Black, David (11 March 2021).
1:
322:
222:(in French). 26 July 2009
138:, he participated in the
28:
216:"LEJEUNE Adrien, Félix"
187:Père Lachaise Cemetery
183:French Communist Party
134:. As a member of the
86:Père Lachaise Cemetery
273:Bowd, Gavin (2016).
140:1870 Paris uprising
171:Russian Revolution
156:XXe arrondissement
102:
101:
55:Kingdom of France
313:
261:
260:
258:
256:
241:
232:
231:
229:
227:
212:
67:
47:
45:
33:
19:
321:
320:
316:
315:
314:
312:
311:
310:
281:
280:
270:
268:Further reading
265:
264:
254:
252:
243:
242:
235:
225:
223:
214:
213:
204:
199:
128:
88:
69:
65:
49:
43:
41:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
319:
317:
309:
308:
303:
298:
293:
283:
282:
279:
278:
277:. Verso Books.
269:
266:
263:
262:
233:
201:
200:
198:
195:
185:and buried in
148:Siege of Paris
136:National Guard
127:
124:
118:from the 1871
105:Adrien Lejeune
100:
99:
94:
93:Known for
90:
89:
84:
82:
78:
77:
68:(aged 94)
64:9 January 1942
62:
58:
57:
39:
35:
34:
26:
25:
23:Adrien Lejeune
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
318:
307:
304:
302:
299:
297:
294:
292:
289:
288:
286:
276:
272:
271:
267:
251:
247:
240:
238:
234:
221:
217:
211:
209:
207:
203:
196:
194:
192:
188:
184:
180:
176:
172:
167:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
145:
141:
137:
133:
125:
123:
121:
120:Paris Commune
117:
113:
112:revolutionary
110:
106:
98:
97:Paris Commune
95:
91:
87:
83:
79:
76:
72:
63:
59:
56:
52:
40:
36:
32:
27:
20:
274:
253:. Retrieved
249:
224:. Retrieved
219:
168:
144:Napoleon III
129:
104:
103:
66:(1942-01-09)
306:1942 deaths
301:1847 births
160:Bloody Week
71:Novosibirsk
48:3 June 1847
291:Communards
285:Categories
220:Le Maitron
197:References
169:After the
164:Belleville
44:1847-06-03
179:communard
116:communard
142:against
132:Bagnolet
51:Bagnolet
255:19 July
226:19 July
175:Soviet
109:French
81:Buried
191:Paris
257:2022
228:2022
126:Life
75:USSR
61:Died
38:Born
287::
248:.
236:^
218:.
205:^
189:,
122:.
73:,
53:,
259:.
230:.
46:)
42:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.