This was highly publicized around the world (not that it did them much good domestically the organization dissolved in 1884 and the Russian Left went into exile or hibernation for 20 years after the new Emperor Alexander III proved to be an unapologetic absolutist). He was taken back to the Winter Palace, where he died of blood loss. note The first bomb damaged the Emperor's bulletproof carriage, leaving him unharmed but forcing him to exit the second, thrown at his feet, tore the lower half of his body to shreds. They eventually succeeding in killing the Tsar in 1881 by literally throwing a bomb at him-well, two bombs. In 1879, they established a loose organization called Narodnaya Volya or "People's Will", which started assassination attempts on various Tsarist officials, including several on the Tsar himself. scared the pants off Russia's community of agrarian socialists (whose ideology was essentially anarchist, being heavily influenced by Mikhail Bakunin's anarcho-collectivism), who feared that the resultant improvements would sap support for their more radical agenda.
The Tsar himself also indicated this was all just buildup to introduction of full constitutional semi-parliamentary monarchy in Russia, probably on the German and Austro-Hungarian model (in which the monarch wielded substantial but legally limited executive power).
The " Great Reform " of the "Tsar Liberator" note Which included, among other things, the abolition of serfdom-hence the epithet "Liberator"-plus rationalization of the Russian judiciary and introduction of something resembling due process, introduction of the zemstva (partly-elected local government councils), educational reforms, and relaxation of censorship. 1855-1881), who, ironically, was targeted because he was a liberal(ish) reformist rather than an arch-conservative. Left-wing terrorism first made a serious mark in Tsarist Russia during the reign of Emperor Alexander II (r. The "bomb-throwing" image of the anarchist developed in the last quarter of the 19th century. This also tended to be the stereotypical image of communists for many Westerners until the "Orwellian intellectual infiltrating the government" image gained popularity starting in the 1940s. Anarchists often fill the role of Terrorists Without a Cause.
Since the 19th century, after anarchism began to take form as a social movement, news, propaganda, and fiction have vilified anarchists as maniacs who simply want nothing but chaos, destruction, and anarchy for anarchy's sake. Historically, many anarchists encourage nonviolent means for this goal. Anarchism is an umbrella term for a bunch of views that advocate the reduction or elimination (or even simply ignoring) of hierarchic power and its replacement by various forms of voluntary non-hierarchical cooperation.