2On 20 June 1918 in Petrograd, on the orders of the Intelligence Service, an attempt was made on the life of one of the prominent Bolshevik personalities, Vladimir Volodarsky, with a shot from behind a corner. The event was met with an outburst of fury from proletarian society and a lust for revenge against the bourgeoisie. Volodarski, as Reed described him: a tall, pale young man of unhealthy appearance, was People's Commissar of Press, Propaganda and Agitation. He was just going to a meeting at the Obukhov factory. His car broke down, so he continued his journey on foot. The murderer, hiding in the crowd, was never found. It was not until the investigation that the SS man Sergeyev was found guilty of the murder.