Nikolai Mezentsov
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Nikolay Vladimirovich Mezentsov was a Russian statesman, chief of police, adjutant general, and member of the State Council of Imperial Russia, assassinated for having advocated harsh punishment again
General Mezentsov Nikolay Vladimirovich
Sergey Kravchinsky, his assassin
Alexander II of Russia
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Alexander II was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881. He is also known as Alexander the Liberator because of his his
Formal portrait, c. 1874
Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich, by Franz Krüger, 1830
Procession of Alexander II into Dormition Cathedral from the Red Porch during his coronation
The coronation of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna on 26 August/7 September 1856 at the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, painting by Mihály Zichy. The painting depicts the moment when the Emperor crowned the Empress.