13th March 1881: Tsar Alexander II assassinated in Saint Petersburg

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13th March 2020

13th March 1881: Tsar Alexander II assassinated in Saint Petersburg

On the 13^th March 1881, Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in a St Petersburg street by a member of the People’s Will revolutionary movement.

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#Politics
#Russia
#Saint Petersburg
#Terrorism
#Tsar

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