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Nikolai Ivanovich Rysakov took part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II

Nikolai Ivanovich Rysakov (c.?1861 - 15 April 1881) Russian revolutionary and a member of Narodnaya Volya. He personally took part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. He threw a bomb that disabled the Tsar's carriage. A second bomb by an accomplice, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, killed the Tsar. In his post-arrest confession, Rysakov revealed all that he knew of the organization, its personnel and its agenda. This resulted in numerous arrests, and seriously compromised the party's strength. Despite his repentance, he was hanged along with other accomplices. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images).

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Nikolai Ivanovich Rysakov took part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II

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Nikolai Ivanovich Rysakov (c.?1861 - 15 April 1881) Russian revolutionary and a member of Narodnaya Volya. He personally took part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. He threw a bomb that disabled the Tsar's carriage. A second bomb by an accomplice, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, killed the Tsar. In his post-arrest confession, Rysakov revealed all that he knew of the organization, its personnel and its agenda. This resulted in numerous arrests, and seriously compromised the party's strength. Despite his repentance, he was hanged along with other accomplices. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ACCOMPLICES • AGENDA • ARRESTS • ASSASSINATION • BOMB • BOMBS • COMPROMISED • CONFESSIO • CONFESSION (ARCHITECTURE) = CONFESSIO • CONFESSION (ARCHITECTURE) • CONFESSION • DISABLED CARRIAGE • EXECUTION • HANGED • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • IGNACY HRYNIEWIECKI • MARTIR • MARTYR • MARTYRDOM • MARTYRIUM • NARODNAYA VOLYA • NIKOLAI IVANOVICH RYSAKOV • NINETEENTH CENTURY • ORGANIZATION • PERSONNEL • POLITICAL ACTIVISM • POLITICAL VIOLENCE • RADICAL GROUP • RADICAL MOVEMENT • RADICALISM • REGRET • REMORSE • REPENTANCE • REVOLUTION • RUSSIAN HISTORY • RUSSIAN MONARCHY • RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY • TERRORISM • TORMENTER • TSAR ALEXANDER II • UNSPECIFIED • XIX CENTURY