Savior on the Spilled Blood

This guide to the Savior on the Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg opens on the Griboyedov Canal embankment on March 1st, 1881, as Tsar Alexander II's carriage passes and a young man waits with a package that isn't a gift. It follows the two bombs thrown within minutes of each other, and the son who insisted a church rise on the exact spot afterward. Listen for the detail about the canal itself, narrowed by engineers so the walls could enclose it precisely.