In April 1866, after Dmitry Karakozov's attempt on the life of the Tsar, Nekrasov, so as to save "Sovremennik" from closure, wrote the "Ode to Osip Komissarov" (the man who saved the monarch's life by pushing Karakozov aside) to read it publicly in the English Club. His another poetic address greeted Muravyov the Hangman, a man responsible for the brutal suppression of the 1863 Polish Uprising, who was now in charge of the Karakozov case. Both gestures proved to be futile and in May 1866 "Sovremennik" was closed for good.