Narodnaya Volya

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Also Known As	People’s Will • People’s Freedom
Date	1879 - 1882
Areas Of Involvement	terrorism • assassination
Related People	Alexander II • Vera Nikolayevna Figner • Andrey Ivanovich Zhelyabov

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