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feb 1861
Tsar Alexander II passes the Emancipation Edict ending serfdom in Russia -
feb 1861
Tsar Alexander II passes the Emancipation Edict ending serfdom in Russia -
feb 1880
assassination of Tsar Alexander II by blowing up his palace, killing 11 and wounding 56. -
feb 1880
assassination Tsar Alexander II by blowing up his palace killing 11 injuring 56. -
mar 1881
Tsar Alexander II is assassinated by a member of the radical group People’s Will, success -
1882
Pogroms against Jews spread across the Russian Empire -
1891 - 1892
Famine in Russia kills between 375,000 and 400,000 and affects millions more -
nov 1894
Tsar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness, his son takes throne -
dec 1895
Lenin future leader of the Bolsheviks is arrested to be kept in solitary confinement for 13 months and then exiled to Siberia -
the khodynka tragedy
A stampede in Moscow occurs during festivities following Nicholas II’s coronation with deaths of over 1,300