...the “hangman of Vilnius”, Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov,…

October 1863 CE

...the “hangman of Vilnius”, Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov, brutally crushes the Lithuanian insurrection.

Russian efforts (begun in the summer of 1863) to win the peasants' loyalty by granting reforms provide added incentive for the peasantry to abandon the rebels.

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Vilnius Vilnius Lithuania View →

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Aleksander Wielopolski View → Alexander II of Russia View → Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky View → Romuald Traugutt View →

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Prussia, Kingdom of View → Russian Empire View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Austrian Empire View → Poland, Congress Kingdom of View → France, Second Empire of View →

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Polish Revolution and Reaction 1852-1863 View → January Uprising, or Polish Rebellion of 1863-64 View →

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Conflict View → Mayhem View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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