Alexander II: The Hunt for the Liberator

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Seven Assassination Attempts on Alexander II

The First Shot or Do Not Touch My Anointed One

Palace Embankment, 2, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

This shot split Russian history in two. It was destined to open a new era for a tall, fair-haired, sullenly silent young man.

2 Route des Tribunes, 75016 Paris, France

Failed assassination attempt in Paris

Palace Square, 6, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Alexander took off running from him like a boy. In front of the crowd's eyes, the Sovereign of all Rus' was fleeing from his own palace!

Sickle and Hammer, Moscow, Moscow Region, Russia, 109544

What do they have against me, these miserable ones? Why do they chase me like a wild beast?

Dvortsovaya Sq., 1a, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Trouble literally came to the house of the Russian emperor

Griboedov Canal Embankment, 2A, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

..An explosion thundered from the Catherine Canal, covering Russia with a cloud.