mar 13, 1881 - Assassination of Tsar Alexander II
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Tsar Alexander, also known as Alexander the Liberator, is killed by a bomb thrown in the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia. He is assassinated by the People’s Will, a radical group with the intention of overthrowing Russia’s tsarist regime. Alexander III then succeeds his father.(image: https://www.pbase.com/johnglines/image/155871164)
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Date:
mar 13, 1881
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~ 144 years ago