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The history of political assassinations: mysterious politicians’ assassination attempts
The topic of political assassinations has always excited society. An inquisitive reader can easily find information about the most high-profile cases of past centuries. But almost all the most high-profile political murders are very similar to each other. Someone was stabbed to death with cold weapons, like Caesar or Henry IV of Navarre.
Some have been shot, like William the Silent, Abraham Lincoln or John F. Kennedy. A little less often someone was poisoned, but these were quite “typical” murders. They are talked about because of the scale of the political figures whose lives they claimed, but in themselves these acts did not shine with originality. However, history knows several examples of political assassinations that stand out from the crowd. Let's talk about them.
Emperor Commodus
Date of murder - December 31, 192
And moviegoers immediately remembered Ridley Scott's film "Gladiator", where the role of this Roman sovereign was played by Joaquin Phoenix. It may seem surprising, but the real Commodus was almost stranger than his theatrical counterpart. Having reigned for only six years, he was not marked by any great achievements, but was known for his morbid megalomania, s
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(1) Maurice Paléologue, An Ambassador's Memoirs (1925)
Prince Feliks Yusupov is twenty-nine and gifted with quick wits and aesthetic tastes; but his dilettantism is rather too prone to perverse imaginings and literary representations of vice and death. So I am afraid that he has regarded the murder of Rasputin mainly as a scenario worthy of his favourite author, Oscar Wilde. In any case his instincts, countenance and manner make him much closer akin to the hero of Dorian Grey than to Brutus or Lorenzaccio
(2) Felix Yusupov wrote about his views on the Russo-Japanese War in his autobiography published in 1953.
The war with Japan, one of the most terrible blunders made during the reign of Nicholas II, had disastrous consequences and marked the beginning of our misfortunes. Russia was not prepared for war, and those who encouraged the Tsar in his purpose betrayed their Sovereign as well as their country. Russia's enemies took advantage of the general dissatisfaction to set the Government and the masses against each other.
(3) Felix Yusupov was opposed to the power given to the First Duma in 1906.
In 1906 strikes broke out almost everywhere; there were several attempts on the lives of members of the Imperial family and of h
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