The Odd Man Karakozov : Imperial Russia, Modernity, and the Birth of Terrorism /

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On April 4, 1866, just as Alexander II stepped out of Saint Petersburg's Summer Garden and onto the boulevard, a young man named Dmitry Karakozov pulled out a pistol and shot at the tsar. He missed, but his "unheard-of act" changed the course of Russian history-and gave birth to the r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verhoeven, Claudia, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Karakozov, Dmitrīĭ Vladimīrovich, > 1840-1866.
Alexander > II, > Emperor of Russia, > 1818-1881.
Alexander > II, > Emperor of Russia, > 1818-1881 > Assassination attempt, 1866.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Attempted assassination.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Violence politique > Russie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Terrorisme > Russie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Political violence > Russia > History > 19th century.
Terrorism > Russia > History > 19th century.
Russia.
Russie > Histoire > 1855-1881 (Alexandre II)
Russia > History > Alexander II, 1855-1881.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From the files of the Karakozov case : the virtual birth of terrorism
  • The real Rakhmetov : the image of the revolutionary after Karakozov
  • "A life for the Tsar" : tsaricide in the age of mechanical reproduction
  • Raskolnikov, Karakozov, and the etiology of a "new word"
  • Armiak; or, "So many things in an overcoat!"
  • "Factual propaganda," an autopsy; or, The morbid origins of April 4, 1866
  • The head of the tsaricide
  • Conclusion : the point of April 4, 1866.

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