The brass commemorative medal made by Vasily Alexeyev is dedicated to saving Emperor Alexander II during the terrorist attack of April 4, 1866.
The obverse bears the Emperor’s profile with the inscription “The Tsar”s Heart is in God”s Hands” above it. The initials of the author and the date of the assassination attempt are embossed at the bottom. On the reverse of the medal is the image of Jesus Christ on a cloth, under which is written: “Soch. Makarov” (composed by Makarov). Experts suggest that this is the signature of the author of the model after which Alexeyev made the medal.
Former student Dmitry Karakozov made an attempt on the life of Emperor Alexander II. In 1865, he joined the secret revolutionary society “Organization”, headed by his cousin Nikolay Ishutin. Karakozov and other members of the circle were supporters of the tactics of individual terror: they believed that they could induce people to a social revolution only by killing the emperor.
In the spring of 1866, Karakozov came to Saint Petersburg on his initiative to organize an assassination attempt on the Tsar. He set out the motives for his action in a handwritten proclamation “Friends to the Workers”, where he called upon the people for revolution and the establishment of a socialist system after the Tsar’s assassination. One copy of the proclamation was found in the pocket of a terrorist when he was arrested.
The obverse bears the Emperor’s profile with the inscription “The Tsar”s Heart is in God”s Hands” above it. The initials of the author and the date of the assassination attempt are embossed at the bottom. On the reverse of the medal is the image of Jesus Christ on a cloth, under which is written: “Soch. Makarov” (composed by Makarov). Experts suggest that this is the signature of the author of the model after which Alexeyev made the medal.
Former student Dmitry Karakozov made an attempt on the life of Emperor Alexander II. In 1865, he joined the secret revolutionary society “Organization”, headed by his cousin Nikolay Ishutin. Karakozov and other members of the circle were supporters of the tactics of individual terror: they believed that they could induce people to a social revolution only by killing the emperor.
In the spring of 1866, Karakozov came to Saint Petersburg on his initiative to organize an assassination attempt on the Tsar. He set out the motives for his action in a handwritten proclamation “Friends to the Workers”, where he called upon the people for revolution and the establishment of a socialist system after the Tsar’s assassination. One copy of the proclamation was found in the pocket of a terrorist when he was arrested.
