Alexander Konstantinowitsch Solowjow
Alexander Soloviev ( Russian Александр Константинович Соловьёв , scientific. Transliteration Aleksandr Solovyev Konstantinović * 18 . Jul / thirtieth August 1846 greg. In Luga ; † 28 . Jul / 9. June 1879 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian revolutionary belonging to the Narodniki terrorist wing .
Solovyov became a teacher, then a clerk, went to Petersburg in 1878 , and joined the conspiratorial association Narodnaya Wolja .
On April 14, 1879, he undertook an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander II by firing five revolver shells at him without injuring the Tsar, who was fleeing in a zigzag. The lone assassin was arrested on June 9, 1879 executed .
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| SURNAME | Solowjow, Alexander Konstantinowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aleksandr Konstantinovič Solov'ëv; Соловьёв, Александр Константинович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian revolutionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luga |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1879 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |