Events from the year 1879 in Russia.
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
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April edit
- April 20 - Assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander II by Alexander Soloviev. Soloviev shot five times from his revolver but failed to hit Alexander II.
August edit
- August 15 - The revolutionary organization Land and Liberty split into the terrorist wing Narodnaya Volya and the political wing Black Repartition.
December edit
- December - The Narodynaya Volya group plans a train explosion, but fails to kill the Tsar.
Births edit
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- Leon Trotsky, Soviet statesman.
Deaths edit
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May edit
- May 28 - Alexander Soloviev, revolutionary who attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander II
References edit
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