Title

Alexander II of Russia

Caption

Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881). Czar of the Russian Empire. Assassination of the Czar by a bomb thrown by Ignati Grinevitski at the feet of the Czar. St. Petersburg. Explosion of the bomb that mortally wounded Emperor Alexander II on the Catherine Canal pier, in the afternoon of March 13t, 1881. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

Date

Jun 21, 2018

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Reference

UMG21A06_145

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,2Mb (3,0Mb) / 14,6in x 10,7in / 4370 x 3217 (300dpi)

Keywords

tsarist era 1881 19th century Alexander II Alexander II of Russia Cossack Cossacks Czar Emperor of Russia Holstein Gottorp Romanov Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov Ignati Grinevitski Imperial Russia La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana La Ilustracion Española y Americana March 13 Russia Russian Russian Empire Saint Petersburg St. Petersburg Tsarist Russia assassinate assassination attack blast blast wave bomb bomb attack boom carriage coachman czarism czarist Russia death detonation emperor engraving explosion fatally wounded guard history kill killing late 19th century march mortally injured mortally wounded murder scene tsar tsarist era