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Alexander II - the Emperor of Russia of the Romanov dynasty, went down in Russian history as a champion of extensive reforms during his rule has survived several assassination attempts and eventually died on the last of them.The first attempt occurred in 1866, the Emperor, who was going to his coach at the gate of the Summer Garden, fired Dmitry Karakozov, a young nobleman.
A year later, a Polish immigrant Anton Berezovsky, too, fired at the Emperor, and also missed, hitting a horse.The next two attacks occurred in 1879: in the spring of People`s Will Solovyov was again made an unsuccessful attempt to shoot the Emperor, and in winter in the third less than a mile of the Moscow-Kursk railway Combat Team of the People, headed by Sophia Perovskoj undermined prearranged in tunnel dynamite mine.
Hit the train, which, as suggested by the revolutionaries, followed in Russia, Alexander II. Fortunately, none of the passengers was hurt.And in 1880, February 17, at 18 hours and 30 minutes in the basement of the Winter Palace, the palace carpenter repair team Stepan Khalturin detonated a 32-kilogram dynamite bomb.
It was the fifth attempt on Alexander II. Attempt was again unsuccessful.
The explosion collapsed arches of the basement, was destroyed by the guard room, which killed 10 soldiers and wounding 44. In the royal dining room, which was arranged by an explosion, flew out the windows, collapsed chief wall and damaged the floor.At the time of the explosion of the August Emperor family only came to the dining room.
Contrary to the routine in which the emperor and his family sat down to eat at 18 o`clock, this day there is a delay associated with the arrival of the Empress`s brother.Late for dinner turned out to be salutary for Alexander II, as well as for the whole family.Dangerous Profession - the king.
March 13, 1881 Alexander II was mortally wounded on the embankment of the Catherine Canal in St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown at People`s Will Grinevitsky. |
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