Terrorism (1 janv. 1876 – 1 janv. 1879)

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In 1876 a recently formed group called the Land and Freedom Party began to promote the assassination of prominent officials as a means of forcing the government into political reform. In 1879 a terrorist faction of the party, the people's will, resolved to assassinate Alexander II, who had emancipated the serfs and launched a program of political and social reform. After several unsuccessful attempts an assassin exploded a bomb under Alexander's carriage in 1881

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