Iosif Kablits

Iosif Ivanovich Kablits (; 12 July 1848 – 16 October 1893) was a Russian revolutionary activist, later sociologist and publicist, writing under the pseudonym Yuzov .

Biography Born on 12 July 1848 in the village of Trebeshovo, Kovno Governorate to a noble Lutheran family, Kablitz studied law at the Saint Vladimir University in Kiev in 1866–1872. In 1874 in Saint Petersburg he formed an underground circle of Mikhail Bakunin's followers and for a while propagated the idea of storming the Winter Palace and assassinating the Tzar family. In 1875 he had to leave the country and spent some time abroad so as to avoid the arrest. In the late 1870s, Kablitz drifted towards the political center, became a member of the narodnik movement and started writing political and economical essays, mostly for Slovo and Nedelya.

Kablitz died in Saint Petersburg on 16 October 1893.