23 Facts About Nikolai Rysakov

Nikolai Ivanovich Rysakov was a Russian revolutionary and a member of Narodnaya Volya.

Nikolai Rysakov personally took part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.

Nikolai Rysakov threw a bomb that disabled the Tsar's carriage.

Nikolai Rysakov was born most likely in 1861 to Orthodox Christian parents Ivan Sergeevich Rysakov and Matrena Nikolaevna Rysakova at a sawmill plant in the Belozersky district of Novgorod province.

Nikolai Rysakov had a brother Fedor and three sisters, Alexandra, Ljubica and Catherine.

Nikolai Rysakov's family was originally from Tikhvin, and his father was the manager of the sawmill plant.

Nikolai Rysakov was described by contemporary accounts as a thick-set youth with long reddish hair.

Nikolai Rysakov then started living under the name Makar Egorov Glazov, and was known in the revolutionary circle by the pseudonym Belomor.

Nikolai Rysakov assisted the propaganda group whose staff included Hryniewiecki and Zhelyabov.

Nikolai Rysakov distributed the second issue of the newspaper, all of which he passed out by the third day.

Nikolai Rysakov held two meetings in his own apartment, in which he read lectures to workers.

Nikolai Rysakov wore a dagger and a revolver for self-defense, and was carrying a bomb wrapped in a handkerchief or a newspaper.

Nikolai Rysakov moved closer to the roadway and threw his bomb which landed between the horse's legs or under the rear wheels of the carriage.

Nikolai Rysakov started fleeing from the scene of the crime and was immediately chased by gendarmes.

Nikolai Rysakov resisted capture but was eventually pinned against the iron railing along the edge of the quay, about thirty steps from the site of the explosion.

The Tsar walked up to Nikolai Rysakov and inquired about his identity.

In particular, his post-arrest confession enabled the police to raid the group's safe house on Telezhnaya street, where Gesya Helfman was arrested and Nikolai Rysakov Sablin committed suicide after firing several shots at the police.

Nikolai Rysakov was put on trial, together with Zhelyabov, Perovskaya, Kibalchich, Helfman, and Mikhailov.

Nikolai Rysakov's counsel sought to palliate his crime on account of his extreme youth.

Nikolai Rysakov eagerly received the priest, talked with him for a long time, confessed and received the Eucharist.

Along the route, Nikolai Rysakov's head was bent; he and Zhelyabov avoided eye contact.

Nikolai Rysakov was last to be hanged and therefore had to witness the execution of all his companions.

Nikolai Rysakov appeared to faint when the executioner placed the blindfold over his face.