assassination of Alexander II of Russia

When

13 Mar 1881

Kind

Terrorist attack

Killed

4

Coordinates

59.94° N, 30.33° E

Wounded

20

1881 bombing in Saint Petersburg, Russia

On 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881, Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia, was assassinated in Saint Petersburg, Russia, while returning to the Winter Palace from Mikhailovsky Manège in a closed carriage. The assassination was planned by the Executive Committee of Narodnaya Volya, chiefly by Andrei Zhelyabov. Of the four assassins coordinated by Sophia Perovskaya, two actually committed the deed.

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