Catherine Breshkovsky (13 January 1844—12 September 1934) was a Russian socialist and revolutionary, better known as Babushka ("Grandmother") or, more solemnly, the Grandmother of the Russian Revolution. Variations of her name: Yekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaya Екатерина Константиновна Брешко-Брешковская Ekaterina Konstantinovna Verigo Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko Ekaterina K. Breshko-Breshkovskaia