Khodynka

Khodynka, accident on May, 18 (30) 1896 on Khodynskoye field in Moscow, in the beginning of the present day Leningrad prospect) during the festivities in the days of crowning of Nicholas II. On the area of one square verst there were buffooneries, theatres, 150 buffets for distribution of gifts and 20 pubs have been built. Near to a field there was a ravine with a lot of holes. On the evening on May, 17 people heared about rich gifts from tsar(actually in gift there was a roll, a piece of sausage, gingerbread and a mug) and began to gather . In 5 o clock in the morning of the coronation day there were already several thousand people on the field. Police (1800 people) Could not put things in order. In a catastrophic crush there were trampled to death 1389 people And 1300 had been injured. The criminal negligence of imperial authorities has caused public indignation in Russia, a number of minor officials had been displaced. But the new Tsar did not even cancel the ball later that day, which was a bad mark for his future throne, many mystic writers in Russia say that deed was predestined for Nicholas death in soviet Russia