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On 13 March [ O.S. 1 March] 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. The assassination was planned by the Executive Committee of Narodnaya Volya ("People's Will"), chiefly by Andrei Zhelyabov.
Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, romanized: Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ]; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) [a] was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. [1]
Feb 9, 2010 · March | 13. 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.
- Missy Sullivan
How did Alexander II rule in his later years? In 1865, Alexander’s eldest son Nicholas died and his wife, Maria Alexandrovna, withdrew from public appearances. The Tsar began spending more time with his mistress Yekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, which distanced him from the reforming Grand Duke Konstantin and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna ...
- He Learned How Not to Rule from His Father
- He Ended Serfdom, But Not Poverty
- He Expanded The Empire
- He Had A Sense of Humor
- He Was A Romantic
- He Survived 5 Assassination Attempts, But Was Killed by An Assassin
Nicholas I, Alexander II’s father and predecessor, was one of the most conservative monarchs in Russian history. One of his nicknames was “Palkin,” or manwith a club. Another moniker, earned after crushing a rebellion in Austria-Hungary, was “the gendarme of Europe.” Alexander came to power in 1855, just after Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War. He...
Before the abolition of serfdom in 1861, Russian peasants were tied to the land on which they lived. They served their landlords, did not have freedom of movement and could not own land themselves. By ending serfdom, Alexander II freed the peasants in the sense that they could now move if they so chose, but for the most part, they continued to work...
Although Alexander modernized the army and cut the number of military personnel, he managed to greatly expand the lands under Russian control. During Alexander’s reign, Russia’s borders extended all the way to Iran, and the North Caucasus came under Russian control. He also traded the Kuril Islands to Japan in exchange for Sakhalin and sold Alaska ...
According to one story, during a visit to a small Russian town, Alexander II suddenly decided to go to a church where an important service was being held. The building was quite crowded and the local police chief, surprised by the move, rushed ahead of the emperor, pushing through the crowd to clear the way for His Majesty. “With awe! With reverenc...
In 1839, while he was still the heir to the throne, Alexander visited London where, according to contemporary reports, he fell in love with the young Queen Victoria. Political reasons wouldn’t permit the match, however, and Alexander returned to Russia. Many years later, as Russia and England were at odds over the Great Eastern Crisis in the 1870s,...
Political unrest grew during Alexander’s rule, and revolutionaries began using terrorist attacks in their struggle for power. The emperor himself became a priority target for assassins. Alexander survived his first assassination attempt in 1866. He also managed to live through four others, including two shootings, a bombing in the Winter Palace and...
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.
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Mar 12, 2022 · 1855 (2nd March) Tsar Alexander I died of pneumonia and Alexander II became Tsar. He took the traditional title of Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia. At the time of his accession Russia was fighting the Crimean War against Britain, France and Turkey.
