Church on Spilled Blood - Virtual Tour 360°

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, it was erected on the place where Tsar Alexander II of Russia was killed, victim of an attack on March 13, 1881, the cathedral is a monument to the Tsar-Liberator.

Many attempts were made to the life of the emperor, some of which were prepared by the terrorist organization "Narodnaya Volya".

On this day, the battalions of the Life Guards Sapper and the reserve infantry regiment, which were supposed to take the place of the guard of the Winter Palace, joined in the divorce.

After the ceremony II. Together with his brother, Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich, Alexander went to the Mikhailovsky Palace to see their cousin, Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna.

After this visit, the Tsar, with his entourage, marched from Inzhenernaya Street to the Catherine Canal, and his procession headed towards the Palace Square.

Rysakov, a member of the population, threw a bomb wrapped in a scarf directly under the emperor's chariot.

The explosion damaged the rear of the chariot but Alexander was not injured.

The monarch was immediately offered to return to the palace, but he wanted to examine the site of the explosion and look at the culprit, bleeding from the serious injuries, the emperor was put on a sled and taken to the Winter Palace.

The place where the emperor was mortally wounded immediately acquired a special and sacred significance.

The deputies turned to Alexander III with the request to immortalize the memory of the deceased tsar and to erect a monument or chapel in the place where he was mortally wounded.

The emperor himself approved this idea.

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