Narodnaya Volya, encouraged by its successful assassination…
May 1887 CE
Narodnaya Volya, encouraged by its successful assassination of Alexander II, had begun planning the murder of Alexander III.
The plot is uncovered by the Okhrana and five of the conspirators—including Alexander Ulyanov, the older brother of Vladimir Lenin—are captured and hanged on May 20 [O.S. May 8], 1887.