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Alexander II, also known as the Grand Duke of Finland, was well regarded among the majority of Finns. [70] Statue of Alexander II at the Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland, flowered on 13 March 1899, the day of the commemoration of the emperor's death. Alexander II's death caused a great setback for the reform movement.
[1] [2] Over the subsequent year and a half, the various attempts on Alexander's life had ended in failure. The Committee then decided to assassinate Alexander II on his way back to the Winter Palace following his usual Sunday visit to the Mikhailovsky Manège. Andrei Zhelyabov was the chief organizer of the plot.
Alexander II. When Alexander II ascended the throne in 1855, the largely peasant conscripted army in the Crimean War was a national disgrace, and clearly demonstrated that despite its large size, the Russian army was no longer competitive to smaller industrial powers such as Britain and France. The demand for reform was widespread, but unorganized.
In 1855, Alexander II began his reign as Tsar of Russia and presided over a period of political and social reform, notably the emancipation of serfs in 1861 and the lifting of censorship. His successor Alexander III (r. 1881–1894) pursued a policy of repression and restricted public expenditure, but continued land and labour reforms. This was ...
This is a list of all reigning monarchs in the history of Russia.The list begins with the semi-legendary prince Rurik of Novgorod, sometime in the mid-9th century, and ends with Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917, and was executed with his family in 1918.
Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (30 August 1842 – 10 July 1849) was the eldest child and first daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. She died from infant meningitis at the age of six and a half.
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Alexander II of Epirus (died 260 BC), king of Epirus in 272 BC; Alexander II Zabinas, king of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 128–123 BC; Alexander (912–913), Eastern Roman emperor; Pope Alexander II of Alexandria, ruled in 702–729; Patriarch Alexander II of Alexandria; Pope Alexander II (died 1073), pope from 1061 to 1073