Alexander II Assassination Attempts

• April 1866

  • Former student and noble Karakozov shoots but misses.
• 1867

  • Polish immigrant Berezowki fires on his carriage but he hits his horse and cavalrymen instead.
• April 1879

  • Former student Soloviev fired at him 5 times without success.
• December 1879

  • A bomb was placed under the wrong train.
• February 1880

  • A bomb in the Winter Palace dining room killed 12 and injured 50 but Alexander II was late to the dinner and survived.