Title

The murder of Tsar Paul I of Russia, March 1801 (1882-1884). Artist: Unknown

Caption

The murder of Tsar Paul I of Russia, March 1801 (1882-1884). Paul I (1754-1801) became Emperor of Russia in 1796. He was determined to turn the Russian nobility, which he saw as decadent and corrupt, into a form of chivalric order, and dismissed and banished from court anyone who did not share his vision. This, together with his passing of reforms to improve the lot of the peasantry, brought Paul into conflict with much of the nobility and a plot was hatched to assassinate him. He was murdered in his bedroom at St Michael's Castle in St Petersburg by a group of dismissed army officers on the night of 23rd March 1801. A print from La France et les Français à Travers les Siècles, Volume IV, F Roy editor, A Challamel, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884.
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Date

1882

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C53_412

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (8,0Mb) / 12,4in x 15,7in / 3719 x 4714 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings St Michael's Castle Emperor Paul I Tsar Paul I Pavel I Pavel Petrovich Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich people male interior man men country emperor guy crime violence weapon weapons castle bed bedroom room KILLER royal death st petersburg fortification war location century sword Russia Russian criminal soldiers soldier murder royalty swords concept violent ruler killing B&W slaughter MONOCHROME murderer assassin assassinated assassination warfare murdered plot conspiracy conspirator 19th century plotter black & white black and white B W weaponry Tsar czar nineteenth century The Print Collector bedchamber murdering regicide slaughtering TGN Tsar of Russia Rossiya Rep engraving Paul I Unknown Sankt Peterburg engraving