OTL :
Interestingly, the Russian representative was Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovtsov, who in OTL would later serve as the Prime Minister of Russia from 1911 to 1914, during the reign of Emperor Nicholas II.
ITTL :
Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovstov, wishing to act politely, continued speaking with Prince Itō Hirobumi on the railway platform after the negociation. When Ahn Jung Geun approaches in order to shoot Marquis Itō Hirobumi, he is immediately submitted by a Russian cossack protecting the Russian representative.
The assasination is a failure... Marquis Itō Hirobumi stays alive.
Bonus WI : What if Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovstov is shot during the fight and dies from its wounds?
In October 1909, Ahn Jung Geun passed the Imperial Japanese guards at the Harbin Railway Station. Itō Hirobumi had come back from negotiating with the Russian representative on the train. Ahn shot Itō three times with an FN M1900 pistol on the railway platform. He also shot Kawagami Toshihiko (川上俊彦), the Japanese Consul General, Morita Jirō (森泰二郞), a Secretary of Imperial Household Agency, and Tanaka Seitarō (田中淸太郞), an executive of South Manchuria Railway, who were seriously injured. After the shooting, Ahn yelled out for Korean independence in Russian, stating "Корея! Ура!" (Korea! Hooray!), and waving the Korean flag.
Interestingly, the Russian representative was Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovtsov, who in OTL would later serve as the Prime Minister of Russia from 1911 to 1914, during the reign of Emperor Nicholas II.
ITTL :
Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovstov, wishing to act politely, continued speaking with Prince Itō Hirobumi on the railway platform after the negociation. When Ahn Jung Geun approaches in order to shoot Marquis Itō Hirobumi, he is immediately submitted by a Russian cossack protecting the Russian representative.
The assasination is a failure... Marquis Itō Hirobumi stays alive.
Bonus WI : What if Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovstov is shot during the fight and dies from its wounds?
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