assassination of Alexander II of Russia
E474966
The assassination of Alexander II of Russia was the 1881 killing of the reformist tsar in St. Petersburg by members of the revolutionary group Narodnaya Volya, marking a turning point toward political repression and radicalization in the Russian Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| assassination of Alexander II of Russia canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4850664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: assassination of Alexander II of Russia Context triple: [Narodnaya Volya, notableEvent, assassination of Alexander II of Russia]
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A.
assassination of Leon Trotsky
The assassination of Leon Trotsky was the 1940 murder of the exiled Russian revolutionary leader in Mexico, carried out with an ice axe by a Stalinist agent.
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B.
assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz
The assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz was the 1922 killing of Poland’s first democratically elected president, an event that shocked the young Second Polish Republic and exposed deep political and social divisions.
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C.
Storming of the Winter Palace
The Storming of the Winter Palace was the key Bolshevik assault in Petrograd on October 25–26, 1917 (Julian calendar), which toppled the Provisional Government and marked the decisive seizure of power in the Russian October Revolution.
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D.
assassination of Carlos I of Portugal
The assassination of Carlos I of Portugal was the 1908 regicide in Lisbon in which King Carlos I and his heir Luís Filipe were killed, an event that led to Manuel II’s unexpected accession to the throne and hastened the fall of the Portuguese monarchy.
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E.
Assassination of Napoleon
The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: assassination of Alexander II of Russia Target entity description: The assassination of Alexander II of Russia was the 1881 killing of the reformist tsar in St. Petersburg by members of the revolutionary group Narodnaya Volya, marking a turning point toward political repression and radicalization in the Russian Empire.
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A.
assassination of Leon Trotsky
The assassination of Leon Trotsky was the 1940 murder of the exiled Russian revolutionary leader in Mexico, carried out with an ice axe by a Stalinist agent.
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B.
assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz
The assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz was the 1922 killing of Poland’s first democratically elected president, an event that shocked the young Second Polish Republic and exposed deep political and social divisions.
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C.
Storming of the Winter Palace
The Storming of the Winter Palace was the key Bolshevik assault in Petrograd on October 25–26, 1917 (Julian calendar), which toppled the Provisional Government and marked the decisive seizure of power in the Russian October Revolution.
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D.
assassination of Carlos I of Portugal
The assassination of Carlos I of Portugal was the 1908 regicide in Lisbon in which King Carlos I and his heir Luís Filipe were killed, an event that led to Manuel II’s unexpected accession to the throne and hastened the fall of the Portuguese monarchy.
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E.
Assassination of Napoleon
The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassination
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political murder ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ |
| calendarDateStyle |
Gregorian calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
|
| calendarDateStyleOld | Julian calendar ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood ⓘ |
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| date | 1881-03-13 ⓘ |
| dateOldStyle | 1881-03-01 ⓘ |
| hasBomber | Ignacy Hryniewiecki ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
accession of Alexander III of Russia
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crackdown on Narodnaya Volya ⓘ death of Alexander II of Russia ⓘ execution of several conspirators ⓘ intensified political repression in the Russian Empire ⓘ radicalization of revolutionary movements in Russia ⓘ rollback of planned constitutional reforms ⓘ strengthening of the secret police ⓘ |
| hasConspirator |
Andrei Zhelyabov
ⓘ
linked to:
Andrei Ivanovich Zhelyabov
Hesia Helfman ⓘ Ignacy Hryniewiecki ⓘ Nikolai Kibalchich ⓘ Nikolai Rysakov ⓘ Sofia Perovskaya ⓘ Timofei Mikhailov ⓘ |
| hasImmediateCause |
bomb explosion near imperial carriage
ⓘ
second bomb thrown at Alexander II ⓘ |
| hasMethod | bombing ⓘ |
| hasOperationalLeader | Sofia Perovskaya ⓘ |
| hasPerpetratorOrganization |
Narodnaya Volya
ⓘ
People's Will ⓘ
linked to:
Narodnaya Volya
|
| hasPlanner |
Andrei Zhelyabov
ⓘ
linked to:
Andrei Ivanovich Zhelyabov
|
| hasVictim | Alexander II of Russia ⓘ |
| location |
Catherine Canal
ⓘ
Griboyedov Canal ⓘ Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Yekaterinsky Canal ⓘ
linked to:
Griboyedov Canal
|
| memorialLocation | Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood ⓘ |
| motive |
establishment of a constitution in Russia
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overthrow of the tsarist autocracy ⓘ response to limited scope of Alexander II's reforms ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Narodnik movement
ⓘ
Russian revolutionary movement of the late 19th century ⓘ |
| precededBy | failed assassination attempts on Alexander II of Russia ⓘ |
| significance | turning point toward political reaction in late imperial Russia ⓘ |
| target | autocracy in the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| usedExplosive | nitroglycerin ⓘ |
| usedWeapon | hand-thrown bomb ⓘ |
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Subject: assassination of Alexander II of Russia Description of subject: The assassination of Alexander II of Russia was the 1881 killing of the reformist tsar in St. Petersburg by members of the revolutionary group Narodnaya Volya, marking a turning point toward political repression and radicalization in the Russian Empire.
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