Events from the year 1879 in Russia.
Incumbents Monarch – Alexander II
Events The Kharkov Mathematical Society is formed.
April 2 April – An assassination attempt is carried out against Emperor Alexander II in St. Petersburg by Alexander Soloviev, who shot four times from his gun at the Tsar, but failed to hit him.
August
15 August – The populist revolutionary organization Land and Liberty splits into two factions; the radical terrorist organisation Narodnaya Volya, and the more moderate Black Repartition.
December
December - Members of the Narodynaya Volya group attempt to assassinate the Tsar by detonating an explosive device underneath a railway line, but the attack fails after he travels on a different train.
Births 7 November – Leon Trotsky, Soviet statesman.
Deaths May May 28 – Alexander Soloviev, revolutionary who attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander II, is hanged
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