ryssakoff

Updated: May 11, 2025

Here, at a signal given by Sophia Perovski, the first grenade was thrown by a student called Ryssakoff, but it merely wounded some members of the escort. The Emperor stopped and got out of his sledge, and as he was making inquiries about the wounded soldiers a second grenade was thrown by a youth called Grinevitski, with fatal effect.

Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace - Russia

The pavement and the road were strewn with wounded some lying quite still, others attempting to lift themselves with numbed and charred limbs. It was very cold. Ryssakoff, who had thrown the bomb, was already in the hands of his captors. Had the crowd been larger, had the official element been weaker, he would have been torn to pieces then and there. The Czar went towards him.

Henry Seton Merriman - The Vultures