Rena Incident - Rena Incident

Japanese: レナ事件 - レナじけん

A shooting incident occurred on April 4, 1912, at the Lena Gold Mine in Eastern Siberia, Russia, in which miners were shot. The mine was located in the taiga on the Bitim River, a tributary of the Lena River, about 2,000 km northeast of Irkutsk. In 1908 the mine became the Lena Gold Mine Co. Ltd., with British capital invested, and major Russian banking capitalists participated in the management team. Also among the shareholders were Russian politicians such as Witte and high-ranking bureaucrats. Working conditions at the mine were extremely harsh. At the end of February 1912, a strike broke out spontaneously, and eventually all the workers (more than 6,000 people) joined.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ロシアの東シベリアのレナ金鉱で起こった鉱山労働者銃殺事件。1912年4月4日に発生した。鉱山はイルクーツクから北東へ約2000kmのレナ川支流ビチム河畔のタイガにあった。1908年に鉱山はレナ金鉱株式会社となり，イギリス資本が投下されており，経営陣にはロシアの巨大銀行資本家が参加した。また，株主にはビッテなどのロシアの政治家や高級官僚がいた。鉱山での労働条件はきわめて過酷であった。12年2月末，ストライキが自然発生的に発生し，やがてすべての労働者(6000人以上)がそれに参加した。

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