# Karakozov — Memoirs of a Revolutionist character guide

> Karakozov in Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Karakozov

**First appearance:** 0033-i

## Who they are

Would-be assassin of Tsar Alexander II.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/v)

Attempted to assassinate Alexander II in 1866; was tortured and hanged.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/xii)

Mentioned in the context of the indictment against him and his friends, who lived frugally and gave fortunes to cooperative associations.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/xiv)

Earlier revolutionary whose example of assassination was debated; his 1866 group foreshadowed the movement.

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