The Arrest of a Revolutionary Agitator
I. Repin, 1892

Between 1878 and 1892, and especially after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, the revolutionary movement in Russia grew more radical and the response of the government — more brutal.
I. E. Repin's (1844-1930) two renditions (see previous image) of this subject vividly portray this change.