Adrien Lejeune
French politician
Adrien Lejeune (French pronunciation: [adʁijɛ̃ ləʒœn]; 3 June 1847 – 9 January 1942) was a French revolutionary who is recognized as the last surviving Communard to have fought for the 1871 Paris Commune.
Life
Adrien Félix Lejeune was born on 3 June 1847 in Bagnolet. As a member of the National Guard, he participated in the 1870 Paris uprising against Napoleon III. Although initially discharged for health reasons, Lejeune reenlisted to fight against the Prussians during the Siege of Paris as part of the 2nd Company of the 28th Battalion. On 18 March 1871 he participated in the defense of the cannons of Montmartre 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 20th arrondissement, culminating with action during the Bloody Week in May 1871. On 28 May, the final day of the Paris Commune, Lejeune was arrested in Belleville. On 12 February 1872 he was sentenced to five years in prison, eventually reduced to four years.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Paris Commune was idolized by the Soviet government. Following a request from the French Communist Party, which Lejeune had joined in 1922, he was invited in 1928 to emigrate to the Soviet Union, where he moved in 1930. By the time of his death in Novosibirsk in 1942, Lejeune was recognized as the last surviving Communard at 94 years' old.
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