On April 13, 1923, Lenka Panteleev was killed in Petrograd. On the same day, a short message was published in the evening newspapers about the elimination of a dangerous bandit:
“On the night of February 12 to 13, a strike group to combat banditry under the Petrograd provincial department G.P. With the participation of a criminal investigation department, after a long search, a well -known bandit has been caught, who recently became famous for his brutal murders and raids by Leonid Pantelkin, nicknamed Lenka Panteleev. During the arrest, Lenka showed a desperate armed resistance during which he was killed ”(“ Evening Red Newspaper ”, February 13, 1923)
The next day, details of the large -scale raid on Panteleev and his gang appeared in the press:
“Leonid Panteleev was discovered in one of his many brothels in house number 38 on Mozhaiskaya Street. During the shootout, rendering stubborn armed resistance, Panteleev was killed … That same night, the employees of the shock group to combat banditry, together with the agents of the threat with the help of dog dogs, a large raid in other brothels was produced. On the International Ave. in d. No. 37, apt. 2, a well-known bandit and chief assistant Panteleev Alexander Retop, according to the click of Sashka Pan, was detained with weapons … At the same time, a number of other persons who had a close connection with the gang of Panteleev and who were participants in this gang were detained in different places: Gr-Ka Pantelkin Anna, Kuznetsova A., Efimova M., Efimova M. and Osipova and Osipova and Osipova and Osipov A. ”(Red Gazeta, February 14, 1923)
“Lenka Panteleev has recently terrorized the Petrograd population with his daring raids and robberies. Entire legends were created around his name, especially due to the fact that the raiders of the small shift were covered with his name … In addition, in one of the brothels of the indicated gang in the apartment “Lenka Panteleev” gr. Klimakova on the carpentry per., D. No. 18, where deeds of the loot and booze of the raiders took place, on the night of February 10 to 11, the apartment farmers and gunners, the shelters and accomplices of the gang were detained: Kosaganov, bugs, Fedotov, Savichev, Savishnikov, Yushin, Ivanov, he is “Fedka Porty”, sister Panteleeva – Claudia and Vera, who took part in the raids of the gangs, the murder of agent of the threat in the carpentry per. and the baltic bbw com.
“Yesterday, during the evening and today, in the morning it was a Alexander hospital, where the corpse of a murdered bandit lies, a lot of wanting to look at the“ famous laziness-phartovy ”. The face of the murdered is almost not damaged by bullets. Fuck at the output from the bullet’s ear. The corpse was photographed yesterday and the photographs were presented to everyone who knew Panteleev. There is no doubt that Panteleev was killed, ”(“ Evening Red Gazeta ”, February 14, 1923)
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