| Ivan Yemelyanov | |
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| Born | 1861 Russian Empire |
Ivan Panteleymonovich Yemelyanov (Иван Пантелеймонович Емельянов), a boy of twenty, who after graduating from a trade school, had studied abroad on a grant from Baron Ginzburg, and became a cabinetmaker.
He was one of the three bomb-throwers who assassinated Tsar Alexander II of Russia on 1 March 1881. The first bomb, thrown by Nikolai Rysakov, only damaged the carriage and wounded one of the guards. A second bomb thrown by Ignacy Hryniewiecki succeeded in mortally wounding the tsar. Yemelyanov carried a third bomb; but seeing that Hryniewiecki's attack was successful, he fled the scene.
In March alone nearly fifty men and women were put behind bars because they were suspected of having some roles in the assassination. Accompanied by a detective, Mikhail Loris-Melikov walked the streets of the capital and pointed out men and women to be seized. One of his first collars was Yemelyanov, the only member of the bombing squad to have survived.