1971 Krasnodar bus bombing

Bus bombing in Krasnodar, Russia May 2026 July 2025 Krasnodar bus bombing 1971 Krasnodar bus bombing.png Krasnodar, RSFSR, Soviet Union Bus passengers it 43 29 28.34 N 43 36 1.91 E scale:3125_region:RU 14 June 1971 8:30 a.m. MSK Bombing, mass murder 10 20–90 Peter Kuzmich Volynsky(Пётр Кузьмич Волынский) Homemade bomb contained in a suitcase Misanthropy The Krasnodar bus bombing (ru Взрыв автобуса в Краснодаре) occurred on a bus in Krasnodar on 14 June 1971, when a homemade suitcase bomb placed near the gas tank by mentally ill Peter Volynsky exploded, killing ten people and wounding 20 to 90 others. Perpetrator Peter Kuzmich Volynsky was born in Krasnodar on 25 November 1939. He attended Kuban State Medical University. According to former classmates, Volynsky was an asocial and unremarkable young man who always carried a suitcase. After exhibiting unusual and paranoid behavior, Volynsky was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Despite this, he graduated and went on to work at several hospitals, where he would continue to exhibit odd and unprofessional behavior. In a journal, he wrote about his desire to enact revenge on people taller than him.Chaika Vitaly https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26347/3229771/ Одного из первых террористов СССР до сих пор содержат в кубанской спецклинике One of the first terrorists of the USSR is still being held in a special clinic in Kuban 2015-02-26 kuban.kp.ru 2017-07-31 2019-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20190426201318/https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26347/3229771/ live Bombing Around 8:20 a.m., Volynsky boarded a bus with a suitcase bomb and placed the explosive near the gas tank. After the bus pulled off from the stop, Volynsky claimed to be sick and told the driver to release him urgently (according to another version, he went out at the next stop).http://gazetavk.ru/?d=2009-08-05&r=15&s=3004 Леонид КАНЕВСКИЙ: "Я узнал особый характер милицейской службы" Leonid KANEVSKY: "I learned the special nature of police service" Runov Alexander 2009-08-05 gazetavk.ru 2017-07-31 2011-06-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20110611231220/http://gazetavk.ru/?d=2009-08-05 live The explosion occurred at about 8:30 a.m. on Turgenev Street. The blast reportedly threw the bus into the air.https://dni.ru/society/2017/6/18/371998.html dni.ru Террорист-коротышка взорвал в Краснодаре автобус со студентами A short terrorist blew up a bus with students in Krasnodar 2017-06-18 2017-07-31 2019-02-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232146/https://dni.ru/society/2017/6/18/371998.html live Five people died on the spot, while another five subsequently died in the hospital. Many others were injured. The bomb was stuffed with metal balls, nails, and bearings, which struck the gas tank of the bus, as a result of which it caught fire. The driver, who was not seriously injured, managed to open the jammed doors and smash the window with the mounting, but the people who suffered severe injuries could not get out of the cabin and were burned in it. Surviving passengers said that they saw a man wearing a cap with a large black suitcase; in addition, one of the found parts was a piece of a fire extinguisher. Aftermath The KGB found Volynsky two days after the bombing. In the bomber's apartment, gas cylinders, a box, gunpowder, disassembled bearings, and a nichrome wire were found, enough to destroy a five-storey house. As well as a Napoleon portrait with the inscription "I can do anything." Volynsky carefully calculated the cost of manufacturing explosive devices, as a result of which investigators managed to establish that the exploded bomb cost him only 40 rubles. While interrogated, they asked Volynsky what prompted him to commit the crime. Volynsky simply said, "I hate people." A forensic psychiatric examination recognized Volynsky as insane, and he was sent for compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital of a closed type in Novy Abisnky District, Krasnodar Krai. The bomber was initially reported to have died or disappeared in the mid-2000s; however, according to Komsomolskaya Pravda, a credible source reported that he was still alive and living in a psychiatric hospital as of February 2015. See also Timeline of Krasnodar References Category:1970s murders in Russia Category:1970s road incidents in Europe Category:1971 crimes in Russia Category:1971 in the Soviet Union Category:1971 industrial disasters Category:1971 mass murders Category:1971 murders in the Soviet Union Category:20th century in Krasnodar Krai Category:20th-century mass murders in Russia Category:Bus bombings in Europe Category:Bus incidents in Russia Category:Gas explosions in Russia Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 1971 Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Russia Category:June 1971 in the Soviet Union Category:History of Krasnodar Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 1971 Category:Terrorist incidents in the Soviet Union in the 1970s