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Assassination of Alexander II

Russia · Politics / Peoples Will. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1881Date range
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Chronological records

1881

Sophia Perovskaya13 March 1881

Politics / Peoples Will

Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, is assassinated, a bomb is thrown at him near his palace by the anarchist group Peoples Will led by Sophia Perovskaya

Names involved

Sophia Perovskaya

Provenance

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