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19th Century Russian War Crimes

The Russian Army has form when it comes to committing atrocities.

R.N.Morris

Russian War Crimes (1837-1864) In 1837, the former Decembrist revolutionary, Nikolai Lorer, was serving on the frontline in Russia’s war in the Caucasus. Demoted from major to private, he had been sent to Circassia, a small, independent country in the north, on the...

The Enemy Within: The Assassination Attempt on Alexander II

How a disaffected carpenter infiltrated the Winter Palace and came close to wiping out the entire Romanov family.

R.N.Morris

It was to be the People’s Will’s most daring act yet. A bomb attack inside the Winter Palace itself. The People’s Will was an extremist revolutionary group active during the reign of Tsar Alexander II. Advocating acts of violence and terror, they sentenced the tsar,...