1879 in Russia
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Events from the year 1879 in Russia.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
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April[edit]
- April 20 - Assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander II by Alexander Soloviev. Soloviev shot five times from his revolver but failed to hit Alexander II.
August[edit]
- August 15 - The revolutionary organization Land and Liberty split into the terrorist wing Narodnaya Volya and the political wing Black Repartition.
December[edit]
- December - The Narodynaya Volya group plans a train explosion, but fails to kill the Tsar.
Births[edit]
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- Leon Trotsky, Soviet statesman.
Deaths[edit]
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May[edit]
- May 28 - Alexander Soloviev, revolutionary who attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander II
References[edit]
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