
Odd Man Karakozov
On April 4, 1866, just as Alexander II stepped out of Saint Petersburg''s Summer Garden and onto the boulevard, a young man named Dmitry Karakozov pulled out a pistol and shot at the tsar. He missed, but his "unheard-of act" changed the course of Russian history—and gave birth to the revolutionary political violence known as terrorism.
Based on clues pulled out of the pockets of Karakozov''s peasan...
On April 4, 1866, just as Alexander II stepped out of Saint Petersburg''s Summer Garden and onto the boulevard, a young man named Dmitry Karakozov pulled out a pistol and shot at the tsar. He missed, but his "unheard-of act" changed the course of Russian history—and gave birth to the revolutionary political violence known as terrorism.
Based on clues pulled out of the pockets of Karakozov''s peasan...