Fifth in a series of articles around the anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) in 1924 In December 1877 an explosion occurred at one of the St Petersburg armaments factories. The workers there believed it to be due to the negligence of the management. Six workers were killed. An organised group of politically conscious workers had existed in the factory for some years. Stepan Khalturin, who would be the main organiser of the Northern Union of Russian Workers and who would be hanged for an attempt to kill the Tsar, had worked there.
Fifth in a series of articles around the anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) in 1924 In December 1877 an explosion occurred at one of the St Petersburg armaments factories. The workers there believed it to be due to the negligence of the management. Six workers were killed. An organised group of politically conscious workers had existed in the factory for some years. Stepan Khalturin, who would be the main organiser of the Northern Union of Russian Workers and who would be hanged for an attempt to kill the Tsar, had worked there.
Second in a series around the anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) in 1924. In the first instalment of this series (Solidarity 697) I traced in broad outline the populist revolutionary environment in and from which Russian Marxism emerged.
Second in a series around the anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) in 1924. In the first instalment of this series (Solidarity 697) I traced in broad outline the populist revolutionary environment in and from which Russian Marxism emerged.
5 times terrorists FAILED to kill the Russian Emperor Getty Images Before Emperor Alexander II of Russia was killed on March 1, 1881, five attempts on his life were made: his home and train were blown up, he was shot at, and even chased down the street by a fierce militant.
1st attempt: A shot turned away
Karakozov shooting at Alexander II. A Soviet postcard Public domain
On April 4th, 1866, Emperor Alexander II was exiting the northern gate of the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg, while on a walk. A small crowd of passers-by spontaneously gathered at a respectful distance to see the Emperor walk towards his carriage. And from this crowd, a shot was fired by a 26-year-old Dmitry Karakozov. Luckily, Osip Komissarov, a 28-year-old peasant who worked as a hatmaker s apprentice, was also at the scene, and ended up saving the Emperor.