On 13 March 1881, Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia, was assassinated in Saint Petersburg, Russia, while returning to the Winter Palace from Mikhailovsky Manège in a closed carriage. The assassinati
Painting of Alexander II on his deathbed by Konstantin Makovsky
Andrei Zhelyabov (tried and hanged)
Sophia Perovskaya (tried and hanged)
Ignacy Hryniewiecki (died of wounds from the 2nd explosion)
Sophia Perovskaya
Videos
Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya was a Russian revolutionary and a member of the revolutionary organization Narodnaya Volya. She helped orchestrate the assassination of Alexander II of Russia, for which she w
Assassination of Alexander II of Russia
…assassination was planned by the Executive Committee of Narodnaya Volya ("People's Will"), chiefly by Andrei Zhelyabov. Of the four assassins coordinated by Sophia Perovskaya, two actually committed the deed. One assassin, Nikolai Rysakov, threw a bomb which damaged the carriage, prompting the Tsar to disembark. At this point…
S Perovskaya
Sophia Perovskaya and her husband Andrei Zhelyabov at the Pervomartovtsy trial
The regicides at the foot of the gallows. Left to right: Rysakov, Zhelyabov, Perovskaya, Kibalchich, and Mikhailov.