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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]
25. Apr. 2024 · Alexander II (born April 29 [April 17, Old Style], 1818, Moscow, Russia—died March 13 [March 1], 1881, St. Petersburg) was the emperor of Russia (1855–81). His liberal education and distress at the outcome of the Crimean War, which had demonstrated Russia’s backwardness, inspired him toward a great program of domestic reforms ...
He swam with the current, and this period coincides with the great reforms which made his reign a turning point in Russian history. Alexander was always conscious of his power as unlimited monarch, and his liberalism ended as soon as his reforms brought with them a revival of political or autonomous tendencies.
Learn about the life and achievements of Alexander II, who ruled Russia from 1855 to 1881. He abolished serfdom, modernized the army and the bureaucracy, but was killed by revolutionaries in 1881.
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.
Alexander II’s ‘great reforms’ stand out as among the most significant events in nineteenth century Russian history. Alexander became known as the ‘Tsar Liberator’ because he abolished serfdom in 1861. Yet 20 years later he was assassinated by terrorists.
The Government reforms imposed by Tsar Alexander II of Russia, often called the Great Reforms ( Russian: Великие реформы, romanized : Velikie reformy) by historians, were a series of major social, political, legal and governmental reforms in the Russian Empire carried out in the 1860s.
