Alexander II of Russia

Full name
	Alexander Nikolaevich Romanov

Alexander II
Alexander II
	Photograph of Alexander in his 60s
Emperor of Russia
	2 March 1855 – 13 March 1881
	7 September 1856
Predecessor	Nicholas I
Successor	Alexander III
Born	29 April 1818; Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	13 March 1881 (aged 62); Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial	Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Spouse	Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse); (m. 1841; died 1880); Princess Catherine Mikhailovna Dolgorukova (morganatic) (m. 1880);
Issue; among others...	Grand Duchess Alexandra; Tsarevich Nicholas; Alexander III of Russia; Grand Duke Vladimir; Grand Duke Alexei; Maria, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Grand Duke Sergei; Grand Duke Paul; Prince George Yuryevsky; Princess Catherine Yurievskaya; Princess Olga Yurievskaya;
Full name
Full name
	Alexander Nikolaevich Romanov
House	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Nicholas I of Russia
Mother	Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)
Religion	Russian Orthodox
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Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) (Old Style dates) was the Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination.^[1] He is most famous for freeing the serfs in his Emancipation reform of 1861.

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Grand prince Alexander Nikolaevich, 1830
Procession of Alexander II into Dormition Cathedral from the Red Porch during his coronation
The coronation of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna on 26 August/7 September 1856 at the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, painting by Mihály Zichy. The painting depicts the moment when the Emperor crowned the Empress.
Leaving church in Pskov, 1864
The US$7.2 million check used to pay for Russian Alaska in 1867
Battle of Mrzygłód during the January Uprising in 1863
Monument to Alexander II "The Liberator" at the Senate Square in Helsinki, by sculptor Walter Runeberg. It was erected in 1894, when Finland was still a Russian grand duchy.
The Monument to the Tsar Liberator in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria
Imam Shamil surrendered to Count Baryatinsky on 25 August 1859.

↑ D.M.W. (1910). "ALexander II (1818–1881)". The Encyclopaedia Britannica; A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. Vol. I (A to Andro) (11th ed.). Cambridge: University Press. pp. 559–61. Retrieved 28 December 2018 – via Internet Archive.