Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya (Russian: Со́фья Льво́вна Перо́вская; 13 September [O.S. 1 September] 1853 – 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1881) was a Russian revolutionary and a member of the nihilist revolutionary organization Narodnaya Volya. She helped orchestrate the successful assassination of Alexander II of Russia, for which she was executed by hanging.
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13 September 1853 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
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Died |
15 April 1881 (aged 27)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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