Dmitry Karakozov

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Dmitry Karakozov
Portrait of Karakozov by Ilya Repin (1866)
Born	4 November [O.S. 23 October] 1840 Kostroma, Russian Empire
Died	15 September [O.S. 3 September] 1866 (aged 25) St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Movement	Russian nihilist movement

Dmitry Vladimirovich Karakozov (Russian: Дми́трий Влади́мирович Карако́зов; 4 November [O.S. 23 October] 1840 – 15 September [O.S. 3 September] 1866) was a Russian political activist and the first revolutionary in the Russian Empire to make an attempt on the life of a tsar. His attempt to assassinate Tsar Alexander II failed and Karakozov was executed.