A Russian ComparisonJuly 14, 1905 Czar Nicholas’s bed is stuffed with ‘assorted dynamite
A Russian ComparisonJuly 14, 1905 Czar Nicholas’s bed is stuffed with ‘assorted dynamite for the crowned heads’. A newspaper on the ground reads “Horrors of the American Fourth - Hundreds maimed for life - many killed.” The caption reads “The Czar - Say, this czar business is getting to be as dangerous as an American Fourth of July.” A plot had been uncovered to assassinate the Czar by blowing up his palace. Meanwhile, fireworks accidents had injured many on the 4th of July.See Also: 1905 Russian Revolution; Nicholas IIFrom Hennepin County LibraryOriginal available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/5381 -- source link
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