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YEAR IN FOCUS: 1881

TSAR ALEXANDER II IS MORTALLY WOUNDED, SPARKING VIOLENCE ACROSS RUSSIA

ALAMY X2, GETTY IMAGES X3, TOPFOTO X1

The first bomb was thrown under Alexander II’s bulletproof carriage - a gift from Napoleon III of France - killing a cossack, and wounding the driver and bystanders, but leaving the Tsar unhurt.

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