How sibling rivalry inspired Lenin’s radicalism

On March 1,1887 ,a small group of terrorists was arrested in St Petersburg and charged with plotting to assassinate Tsar Alexander III.

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By Philip Pomper

WW Norton & Company, €21.60

On March 1,1887 ,a small group of terrorists was arrested in St Petersburg and charged with plotting to assassinate Tsar Alexander III.

Their plan was well advanced: three of the conspirators were in possession of bombs that contained le ad cube s smeared with strychnine, designed to inflict the maximum possible damage on both ...