However sagacious and amiable was the Tsar, he could not create a condition of loyal satisfaction among his own people. Constant attempts were made upon his life, and April 16, 1866, e was shot at by a man named Karakozoff in St. Petersburg. In the following year another attempt upon his life was made by a Pole named Berezowski, while Alexander was in Paris on a visit to Napoleon III.
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From General Nelson A. Miles
Thrilling Stories of The Russian-Japanese War, 1904