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Assassinations in the Russian Empire

  • Paul I of RussiaIn 1762, eight-year-old Paul Petrovich lay unnoticed on the floor of his nursery after falling from a crib. Empress Elizabeth had taken him immediately after…
  • Assassination of Alexander II of RussiaOn the 25th and the 26th of August 1879, a group of twenty-two revolutionaries gathered to make a fateful decision. They belonged to the Executive Committee…