Historical Events tagged with "tsarist russia"
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Politics & Government
Assassination of Dmitry Sipyagin in Saint Petersburg
April 2nd, 1902 122 years ago
Dmitry Sipyagin, the Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, was assassinated in the Mariinsky Palace, Saint Petersburg. The assassin, a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, approached Sipyagin during a meeting and fatally shot him, subsequently being arrested. This act highlighted the growing political unrest in Russia fueled by revolutionary movements seeking significant change in governance and social conditions.
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