Russia's radicals reconsider their approach, and in 1876 they form a propagandist organization called Land and Liberty (Zemlia i volia), which leans toward terrorism.

It becomes even more oriented toward terrorism three years later, renames itself the People's Will
(Narodnaia volia), and in 1881 is responsible for the assassination of Alexander II.

In 1879, Georgi Plekhanov forms a propagandist faction of Land and Liberty called Black Repartition (Chernyi peredel), which advocates reassigning all land to the peasantry.

This group studies Marxism, which, paradoxically, is principally concerned with urban industrial workers.

The People's Will remains underground, but in 1887 a young member of the group, Aleksander
Uyanov, attempts to assassinate Alexander III and is arrested and executed.

Another Ulyanov, Vladimir, is greatly affected by his brother's execution.

Influenced by Chernyshevskys writings, he also joins the People's Will and later, under the influence of Plekhanov, will convert to Marxism.

The younger Ulyanov will later change his name to Lenin.