Tsar Paul I Murdered: Beaten, Stabbed, and Strangled by His Own Officers
Discontented Russian nobles stormed Tsar Paul I's bedroom in St. Michael's Castle, striking him with a sword, strangling him, and trampling him to death. His son Alexander I ascended the throne the same night, and though he publicly attributed the death to natural causes, the palace coup established a pattern of violent succession that haunted the Romanov dynasty.
March 23, 1801
225 years ago
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