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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, romanized: Aleksándr Osvobodítel, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐsvəbɐˈdʲitʲɪlʲ]).
Dvorzhitzky offered to drive the Tsar back to the Palace in his sleigh. The Tsar agreed, but he decided to first see the culprit, and to survey the damage. He expressed solicitude for the victims. To the anxious inquires of his entourage, Alexander replied, "Thank God, I'm untouched". [3] [6] [7] The uniform worn by Alexander II during the ...
Alexander I (Russian: Александр I Павлович, romanized: Aleksandr I Pavlovich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ]; 23 December [O.S. 12 December] 1777 – 1 December [O.S. 19 November] 1825), [a] [2] nicknamed "the Blessed", [b] was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825.
Emperor Alexander III adopted a policy of repression, and he wanted a like mind at the helm of Imperial Russia's second city and former capital. Thus, in spring 1891, the tsar appointed Sergei as governor general of Moscow. [33] Although it was a great honour, Grand Duke Sergei accepted his new appointment with reluctance.
[29] In his memoirs, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich recalled that the pink and white négligée she was wearing was soaked in Alexander's blood. [30] At his funeral, Catherine and her three children were forced to stand in an entryway of the church and received no place in the procession of the Imperial Family.
Nicholas received an official funeral in the presence of Tsar Alexander III, the court and many scientists on 24 January 1891. His mortal remains were buried in the crypt of the Chapel of Resurrection of the Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius. His wife died six months later and was also buried there. [1]
On 29 October, Alexander was buried at Tatoi; Olga was the only member of the royal family at the funeral. [ 63 ] Still opposed to the return of Constantine I and Prince George, the government of Eleftherios Venizelos offered the throne to Constantine's third son, Prince Paul , who refused to ascend the throne before his father and older ...
On 22 March 1917, Tsar Nicholas II, deposed as a monarch and addressed by the sentries as "Nicholas Romanov", was reunited with his family at the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo. He was placed under house arrest with his family by the Provisional Government , and the family was surrounded by guards and confined to their quarters.