For the 1967 Soviet biopic film, see Sofiya Perovskaya (film).
Sophia Perovskaya
Born
(1853-09-13)13 September 1853
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died
15 April 1881(1881-04-15) (aged 27)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Spouse
Andrei Zhelyabov
Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya (Russian: Со́фья Льво́вна Перо́вская; 13 September [O.S. 1 September] 1853 – 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1881) was a Russian revolutionary and a member of the revolutionary organization Narodnaya Volya. She helped orchestrate the assassination of Alexander II of Russia, for which she was executed by hanging.
chiefly by Andrei Zhelyabov. Of the four assassins coordinated by SophiaPerovskaya, two of them actually committed the deed. One assassin, Nikolai Rysakov...
April 3, 1881, with the rest of the terrorists, including his wife SophiaPerovskaya. In admiration of Zhelyabov's dedication to his revolutionary cause...
main organizer. After his arrest on February 27, he was replaced by SophiaPerovskaya.[citation needed] Alexander II was killed on March 1, 1881 by a bomb...
organised a show trial. In the end, 90 of the defendants, including SophiaPerovskaya, were acquitted. The others were sentenced to a variety of different...
committed suicide after firing several shots at the police. Mikhailov, SophiaPerovskaya, and Kibalchich were also subsequently captured. Rysakov established...
Telezhnaya Street. At 9–10 AM, SophiaPerovskaya and Kibalchich each brought two missiles; the men would have one apiece. Perovskaya would later relate that...
Russian psychologist and translator, Hella was inspired by SophiaPerovskaya. Perovskaya was a member of the socialist revolutionary organization named...
(feminine: Perovskaya) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Nikolay Perovsky (1785–1858), Russian politician SophiaPerovskaya (1853–1881)...
Sabin joined the plot to kill Alexander II. Others involved included SophiaPerovskaya, Andrei Zhelyabov, Hesya Helfman, Ignaty Grinevitsky, Nikolai Kibalchich...
Большое общество пропаганды Tchaikovtsy Чайковцы Nikolai Tchaikovsky SophiaPerovskaya Mark Natanson Narodism Revolutionary socialism 1871–1874 Bashenists...
died a few hours afterwards. The conspirators Nikolai Kibalchich, SophiaPerovskaya, Nikolai Rysakov, Timofey Mikhailov, and Andrei Zhelyabov were all...
Mikhailov, Perovskaya, Zhelyabov and Rysakov were executed after him. Thus, Kibalchich and other Narodnaya Volya plotters including SophiaPerovskaya, Andrei...
"unsmiling fanatic", Andrei Zhelyabov, and his mistress SophiaPerovskaya, who later became his wife. Perovskaya, the daughter of a former Governor of Saint Petersburg...
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merged with a female self-education circle of Alexandra Kornilova and SophiaPerovskaya. Soon, they were joined by Peter Kropotkin, Sergei Stepnyak-Kravchinsky...
labour), whereas other female defendants, including the future regicide SophiaPerovskaya, were acquitted. She was, reputedly, the first woman in Russia sentenced...
foreign enemies. Kanno was enthused about the scheme, hoping to emulate SophiaPerovskaya, a participant in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II. Kotoku was...
of Feodosia, eldest son of Count Alexey Razumovsky, grandfather of SophiaPerovskaya. Perovsky was brought up in the house of his aunt Natalya Zagryazhskaya...
illegal societies at her house, and once helped hide the revolutionary SophiaPerovskaya (who coordinated the assassination of Alexander II). By 1878, her...
the first cousin of Arkady Vladimirovich Tyrkov and the niece of SophiaPerovskaya, two of the members of Narodnaya Volya, who had attempted to assassinate...
assassination of Tsar Alexander II. On 13 March [1 March, Old Style], when SophiaPerovskaya signaled the Emperor's approach to the road alongside the Catherine...
was transported to the Semenovsky Regiment seated in a cart with SophiaPerovskaya and Nikolai Kibalchich. On the way, he kept bowing to people, as was...
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