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Assassination in Saint Petersburg

When
13 March 1881
Where
Route to Winter Palace
Part of
Assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia by Narodnaya Volya

Alexander II was killed by a bomb thrown by Narodnaya Volya members while returning to the Winter Palace from the Mikhailovsky Manège.

The attack occurred on 13 March 1881 in Saint Petersburg. The legacy row incorrectly places the event inside the Winter Palace; the actual site was the route back to the palace. The Tsar was in a closed carriage when the bomb exploded, fulfilling the Executive Committee's sentence passed in August 1879.

Sources

  1. Assassination of Alexander II of Russia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-08
  2. Narodnaya Volya Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16

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