1879 in Russia
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Events from the year 1879 in Russia.
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Incumbents
Events
- The Kharkov Mathematical Society is formed.[2]
April
- 2 April â An assassination attempt is carried out against Emperor Alexander II in St. Petersburg by Alexander Soloviev, who shot four times from his gun at the Tsar, but failed to hit him.[1]
August
- 15 August â The populist revolutionary organization Land and Liberty splits into two factions; the radical terrorist organisation Narodnaya Volya, and the more moderate Black Repartition.[3][4]
December
- December - Members of the Narodynaya Volya group attempt to assassinate the Tsar by detonating an explosive device underneath a railway line, but the attack fails after he travels on a different train.[5]
Births
- 7 November â Leon Trotsky, Soviet statesman.[6][7]
Deaths
May
- May 28 - Alexander Soloviev, revolutionary who attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander II, he is hanged[1]
