Alexander II of Russia
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| Emperor of Russia | |||||
| 2 March 1855 – 13 March 1881 | |||||
| Coronation | 7 September 1856 | ||||
| Predecessor | Nicholas I | ||||
| Successor | Alexander III | ||||
| Born | 29 April 1818 Moscow Kremlin, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire | ||||
| Died | 13 March 1881 (aged 62) Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
| Burial | Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
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| House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | ||||
| Father | Nicholas I of Russia | ||||
| Mother | Charlotte of Prussia | ||||
| Religion | Russian Orthodox | ||||
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Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, tr. Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881)[a] was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1855 until his assassination in 1881.[1] Alexander's most significant liberal reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator.
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Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich, by Franz Krüger, 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.
Russian peasants reading the Emancipation Manifesto, an 1873 painting by Grigory Myasoyedov
Leaving church in Pskov, 1864
The US$7.2 million check used to pay for Russian Alaska in 1867
Map of the Russian Empire at its height in 1866
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.
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Notes
- ↑ Old style: 17 April 1818; 1 March 1881
References
- ↑ Wallace 1911, p. 561.
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