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Background The Russian Empire in the 19th century was characterized by very conservative and reactionary policies issued by the autocratic tsars. The great exception came during the reign of Alexander II, (1855-1881), especially the 1860s.
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The 'great reforms' of Tsar Alexander II (1855-81) are generally recognised as the most significant events in modern Russian history between the reign of Peter the Great and the revolutions of 1905 and 1917.
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Alexander II of Russia. Alexander Nikolayevich Romanov was the emperor of Russia from 2 March 1855 to 13 March 1881. He was born on 17 April 1818 in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia. He was the eldest son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. During his reign, he was also the Grand Duke of Finland and the King of Congress in Poland.
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Alexander II began as a liberal ruler, introducing progressive reforms like the Emancipation of the Serfs. However, as his reign continued his views became more conservative, and he implemented more repressive reforms to maintain control. Alexander II was the Tsar of Russia. This gave him absolute power over the Russian Empire.
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W.E. Mosse Alexander II - Reforms, Abolition, Assassination: The modernization of Russian institutions, though piecemeal, was extensive. In Alexander's reign, Russia built the base needed for emergence into capitalism and industrialization later in the century. At the same time, Russian expansion, especially in Asia, steadily gathered momentum.
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Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevitch ( Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (April 17, 1818 - March 13, 1881) was the tsar (emperor) of Russia from March 2, 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He was also the Grand Duke of Finland. Contents 1 Early life 2 Emperor 3 Emancipation of the serfs 4 Other reforms 5 Marriages and children
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Although Tsar Alexander II and President Abraham Lincoln came from very different backgrounds, they led eerily parallel lives. The United States President proclaimed the emancipation of slaves in the territories of the Confederation in 1863. The Russian emperor signed the liberation of the serfs in 1861. Freedom, however, came at a cost.
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Relations between the United States and Russia haven't always been so frosty.A century and a half ago, in the 1860s, the countries' leaders—President Abraham Lincoln and Czar Alexander II.
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(1818 - 1881), tsar and emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881. Alexander Nicholayevich Romanov is largely remembered for two events — his decision to emancipate the serfs and his assassination at the hands of revolutionaries.
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Czar Alexander II, the ruler of Russia since 1855, is killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary "People's Will" group. The People's Will,.
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Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator (Russian: Алекса́ндр Освободи́тель, tr. Aleksándr Osvobodítel, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐsvəbɐˈdʲitʲɪlʲ] ).
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Coordinates: 59°56′24″N 30°19′43″E On 13 March [1 March, Old Style ], 1881, Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia, was assassinated in Saint Petersburg, Russia while returning to the Winter Palace from Mikhailovsky Manège in a closed carriage.
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The abolition of serfdom in 1861, under Alexander II, and the reforms which followed (local government reforms, the judicial reform, the abolition of corporal punishment, the reform of the military, public education, censorship and others), were a 'watershed', 'a turning point' in the history of Russia.
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Alexander II, Russian Aleksandr Nikolayevich, (born April 29, 1818, Moscow, Russia—died March 13, 1881, St. Petersburg), Tsar of Russia (1855-81). He succeeded to the throne at the height of the Crimean War, which revealed Russia's backwardness on the world stage.