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Assassination of Tsar Alexander II (1818 1881), Emperor of Russia, 13 March 1881, in Saint Petersburg.

Assassination of Tsar Alexander II (1818 1881), Emperor of Russia, 13 March 1881, in Saint Petersburg. A young member of the Narodnaya Volya ('People's Will') movement, Nikolai Rysakov, threw a bomb, killing one of the Cossacks and seriously wounding the driver. It only damaged the bulletproof carriage. The emperor emerged shaken but unhurt. Rysakov was captured almost immediately. Police Chief Dvorzhitsky heard Rysakov shout out to someone else in the gathering crowd. The guards urged the emperor to leave the area. Then, a second young member of the Narodnaya Volya, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, threw something a bomb at the emperor's feet. Alexander was carried by sleigh to the Winter Palace, where he died.
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Title:
Assassination of Tsar Alexander II (1818 1881), Emperor of Russia, 13 March 1881, in Saint Petersburg.
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Assassination of Tsar Alexander II (1818 1881), Emperor of Russia, 13 March 1881, in Saint Petersburg. A young member of the Narodnaya Volya ('People's Will') movement, Nikolai Rysakov, threw a bomb, killing one of the Cossacks and seriously wounding the driver. It only damaged the bulletproof carriage. The emperor emerged shaken but unhurt. Rysakov was captured almost immediately. Police Chief Dvorzhitsky heard Rysakov shout out to someone else in the gathering crowd. The guards urged the emperor to leave the area. Then, a second young member of the Narodnaya Volya, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, threw something a bomb at the emperor's feet. Alexander was carried by sleigh to the Winter Palace, where he died.
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47.7 x 31.5 cm | 18.8 x 12.4 in (300 dpi)
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