1997 Explosion of the monument to Nicholas II
Twenty years ago, on April 1, 1997, in the village of Taininskoye near Moscow, a monument to the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II by sculptor Vyacheslav Klykov, erected a year earlier, was blown up. From the 11-meter monument made of sheet copper, only a torn pedestal remained. Responsibility for the explosion was claimed by the radical leftist group "Revolutionary Military Council".