Alexander II, was the most liberal of the tzars, he freed the serfs in 1861. He had amazing physical strength, after a bomb destroyed the royal train car he braced the roof with his back to allow his family to escape. Although he was horribly disfigured in this final bombing, he lived long enough to die in his own bed surrounded by his family.
@@JohnP538 Two different Tsars. Alexander iii was the "bear of a man" (railway incident) He was the son of Alexander ii. *Alexander iii was the guy who insisted on autocracy* *after his father's death.* All Alexander iii did was to weld a lid to a boiling pot. The "pot" exploded during his son's (Nicholas ii) reign (a weak man who refused to rexamine autocracy)
The irony is that Alexander II was trying to change Russia. Due to his assassination the following two Tsars were more authoritarian and backward thinking than ever. They believed that this is what comes of trying to please the people. Had it not happened Russia may be a very different place today and tens of thousands of people may not have died.
@@adambaum9732 Murder is murder. Murdering (assassination) a head of state (be he/she a president or a king) USUALLY results in the death penalty! Unlike Putin, Alexander ii, was trying to liberalize Russian society. Putin is dragging Russia back into authoritanianism as well as threatening the people of Europe while, at the same time, selling out his country to China.
I wonder what the pictures of the poor victims look like before they were brutally murder by the monster you spoke about. Pardon me for not shedding a single tear in the memory of a cold, heartless, butcher of millions of innocent people. 😎
"executed despite being only 27 years old" I'm sorry, where there a society anywhere anywhere in the world, at any point in history that had even the slightest idea that 27 was too young to be executed?
Alexander II was a great tsar. He carrtied out reforms, such as absolishing serfdom in Russia. nad he gave Finalnd an own parliament, and more partial independence. God bless the Romanov family. quite many of the monarchist Russians se Maria Vladimirovna Romanov as the head of the family. She got a little grandson previous year, Alexander. I´d wish for him to one day be Alexander (Aleksej) IV, but not an autocrate, but the symbolic head of state in a new democratic Russia, with a constitution simialr to the British, or the one for example in Denmark or my country Sweden.
Here are some thoughts and considerations you should give before you become a revolutionary: 1. What system of government are you replacing by what system of terror? The revolutionaries usually are simply interested in simply taking power. They are not interested in the average working man or woman. Revolution is invariably followed by a reign of terror, far harsher than the system it replaced. 2. Can you live with the fact that you have murdered many innocent people to get where you are? Those who live by the sword generally die by the sword. Would you be happy to stand before your Creator and say, "Yes Jesus, I was a mass murderer whilst I was on this earth." 3. Can you control the counter-revolutionaries, also eager to snatch power? It looks like you need to engage in more killing. 4. Have you plans for feeding the people, creating jobs, education and health? Are they tried and tested or just mere thoughts. 5. Can you rein in the power of the Armed Forces? 6. Have you experience of managing government? How about trying to change the existing system peaceably from within? "Twist" the right arms and maybe, maybe there will be people at the top who will influence and correct some of the wrongs in the existing system. In this present case, it might involve writing to and petitioning the Emperor and the Empress, in a respectful way of course.
You’re acting as if the Russian people had some sort of Democratic recourse. I assure you they did not. This never provoked a revolution anyway. The Anarchists couldn’t really be taken seriously because they seemed only interested in killing aristocrats and industrialists. When the real revolution came years later it was during the worst war in history up until that point, during a famine, and followed immediately by a bloody civil war.
The historical record indicates that Tsar Alexander was a reformer in context of the times and seemingly it was a tragedy that he was assassinated but on the other hand Putin......
Attention the author of this video: Is it possible to correct the sound - I mean you pronounce 'PerovskAYA', whereas the stress should be on O - PerOvskaya! It sounds horrible to a Russian ear! Ditto for 'Narodnaya Volya' - you put a stress on NarodnAYA Volya! It should be NarOdnaya Volya. Thank you in advance!!
Great video! Rather than cooking up bombs in the kitchen she would have been better employed cooking up some delicious borscht.The assassination ushered in a nasty period of Czarist repression.
>"Poor girl"< ??? She was a 27-year old, educated ADULT who CHOSE to murder another human being! She may have been one of the opposition's "useful idiots" but she made her own decision to participate!
"Executed despite being just 27 years old..." Umm, that's an adult that killed someone and was a terrorist.
😂 😂 😂 right
Alexander II, was the most liberal of the tzars, he freed the serfs in 1861. He had amazing physical strength, after a bomb destroyed the royal train car he braced the roof with his back to allow his family to escape. Although he was horribly disfigured in this final bombing, he lived long enough to die in his own bed surrounded by his family.
@@JohnP538
Two different Tsars.
Alexander iii was the "bear of a man" (railway incident) He was the son
of Alexander ii. *Alexander iii was the guy who insisted on autocracy*
*after his father's death.* All Alexander iii did was to weld a lid to a boiling
pot. The "pot" exploded during his son's (Nicholas ii) reign (a weak
man who refused to rexamine autocracy)
maybe he thinks a women whois 27 should not be executed hahahaha. what a man. he must condone her acts
@@demon_slayers666 that is false. He was just referring to 27 being very young indeed.
Have a good day!
She was a teacher, and a rebel activist.
I live in America....lot of that shit going around today.
What are you even talking about? Are you upset because someone told you the Bible is a fairy tale?
Not mentioned is Tsar Alexander's initiative to transform the government to a constitutional monarchy, but that ended with his death.
It was a case of to little to late !
@@welshpete12 No, it was a case of an anarchist's evil dream to destroy everything.
Thanks, I learned something new, keep up the good work 😊
Love both of your channels. You’re so lucky to live around so much history in 🇬🇧. 👏👏👏 another great video
She would regret her actions should she know that she brought about a regime much worse than Czar!
Alexander II, not Nicholas II.
Sadly true
@@brianfleming8561 Nicholas II was a great man Great Tsar and now Great Martyr!!!
The irony is that Alexander II was trying to change Russia. Due to his assassination the following two Tsars were more authoritarian and backward thinking than ever. They believed that this is what comes of trying to please the people. Had it not happened Russia may be a very different place today and tens of thousands of people may not have died.
@@arianemontemuro7901 according to his diehard fans
Indiscriminate bombing - so brutal and barbaric!
Great lecture. Keep it up.👍
Boy, those are Charles Manson eyes.
What do you mean by "just 27"?
That grotesque monster of a woman got off EASY
What would you think of a woman like this today if she were to end the reign of Putin?
Yes she was.
She certainly did especially when you consider the method of execution of traitors in meny countries including the United Kingdom
@@adambaum9732
Murder is murder.
Murdering (assassination)
a head of state (be he/she
a president or a king)
USUALLY results in the
death penalty!
Unlike Putin, Alexander ii,
was trying to liberalize
Russian society. Putin
is dragging Russia back
into authoritanianism
as well as threatening the
people of Europe while,
at the same time, selling
out his country to China.
@@adambaum9732 no excuses for political assassination in public
I don't care who says what but that famous picture of Lenin is typical of someone with third stage syphilis..
I wonder what the pictures of the poor victims look like before they were brutally murder by the monster you spoke about. Pardon me for not shedding a single tear in the memory of a cold, heartless, butcher of millions of innocent people. 😎
@@richardea4223 He was a true monster
@@richardea4223 it was millions not thousands.
What signs for it do you see? Is it his nose? I’ve always thought their was something strange about his nose.
Lenny was a nice feller
The Russian serfs lived worse than any slaves. They had a terrible existence. It was only time before the Tsars were removed.
Wasn't Lenin's brother involved in the assassination?
Yes
That was an assassination attempt on the life of Alexander III in 1887.
And he was executed for it.
Just 27?
Oh the humanity...
"executed despite being only 27 years old"
I'm sorry, where there a society anywhere anywhere in the world, at any point in history that had even the slightest idea that 27 was too young to be executed?
despite being 27 years old.... ???
🏴🤔🧐😳😱.
Alexander II was a great tsar. He carrtied out reforms, such as absolishing serfdom in Russia. nad he gave Finalnd an own parliament, and more partial independence. God bless the Romanov family. quite many of the monarchist Russians se Maria Vladimirovna Romanov as the head of the family. She got a little grandson previous year, Alexander. I´d wish for him to one day be Alexander (Aleksej) IV, but not an autocrate, but the symbolic head of state in a new democratic Russia, with a constitution simialr to the British, or the one for example in Denmark or my country Sweden.
Yes he did
The title is misleading. I doubt that they ever gave the name of who shot the tsar
Here are some thoughts and considerations you should give before you become a revolutionary:
1. What system of government are you replacing by what system of terror? The revolutionaries usually are simply interested in simply taking power. They are not interested in the average working man or woman. Revolution is invariably followed by a reign of terror, far harsher than the system it replaced.
2. Can you live with the fact that you have murdered many innocent people to get where you are? Those who live by the sword generally die by the sword. Would you be happy to stand before your Creator and say, "Yes Jesus, I was a mass murderer whilst I was on this earth."
3. Can you control the counter-revolutionaries, also eager to snatch power? It looks like you need to engage in more killing.
4. Have you plans for feeding the people, creating jobs, education and health? Are they tried and tested or just mere thoughts.
5. Can you rein in the power of the Armed Forces?
6. Have you experience of managing government?
How about trying to change the existing system peaceably from within? "Twist" the right arms and maybe, maybe there will be people at the top who will influence and correct some of the wrongs in the existing system. In this present case, it might involve writing to and petitioning the Emperor and the Empress, in a respectful way of course.
You’re acting as if the Russian people had some sort of Democratic recourse. I assure you they did not. This never provoked a revolution anyway. The Anarchists couldn’t really be taken seriously because they seemed only interested in killing aristocrats and industrialists. When the real revolution came years later it was during the worst war in history up until that point, during a famine, and followed immediately by a bloody civil war.
The historical record indicates that Tsar Alexander was a reformer in context of the times and seemingly it was a tragedy that he was assassinated but on the other hand Putin......
Kaplan sound...
Attention the author of this video: Is it possible to correct the sound - I mean you pronounce 'PerovskAYA', whereas the stress should be on O - PerOvskaya! It sounds horrible to a Russian ear! Ditto for 'Narodnaya Volya' - you put a stress on NarodnAYA Volya! It should be NarOdnaya Volya. Thank you in advance!!
Good comment and feedback. 👍
Great video! Rather than cooking up bombs in the kitchen she would have been better employed cooking up some delicious borscht.The assassination ushered in a nasty period of Czarist repression.
Dang! She was badass!
Cerita doang.. Payah..
🏴✨👍✨🤗✨.
Poor girl, she definitely a hero to
her comrade but a killer to the
other side, such a waste of life.
😘😘😘🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
>"Poor girl"< ???
She was a 27-year
old, educated ADULT
who CHOSE to murder
another human being!
She may have been one
of the opposition's "useful
idiots" but she made her
own decision to participate!
My 10 year old son can read a story better than this guy
🙄
No he cannot, and you owe me 9 dollars by tomorrow 🎉
He should have a channel by now, then. But, he doesn’t.
Congratulations.
I have a terrible case of butt lice right now, this video helped me forget the itching 😅💩🍷💉🇷🇺