Alexander (Aleksandr) II of Russia (Александр II Николаевич) (April 17, 1818March 13, 1881) was the Emperor (Tsar) of Russia from March 2, 1855 until his assassination.Chris alexander artist Chris alexander instagramChris alexander pbaAt the center of this book is the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in by a small group of radical activists.Alexander II was Russia's Lincoln, and the greatest reformer tsar since Peter the Great.Born the eldest son of Nicholas I of Russia, Alexander's early life gave little indication of his potential, and up to the time of his accession in 1855, few imagined that he would be known to posterity as a great reformer.
Insofar as he had any decided political convictions, he seemed to be imbued with the reactionary spirit predominant in Europe at the time of his birth, and which continued in Russia to the end of his father's reign.
In the period of thirty years during which he was heir apparent, the moral atmosphere of St. Petersburg was unfavorable to the development of any originality of thought. Government was based on principles under which
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