Alexander II
1818 CE–1881 CE · St. Petersburg
Alexander II (1818–1881) was Emperor of Russia from 1855 and is best known for the Emancipation Reform of 1861, which abolished serfdom and freed millions of peasants. His reign brought a broad program of modernization, including reforms of the judiciary, local government (the zemstvo system), the military, and education. Despite these changes, revolutionary and radical movements grew, and he faced repeated assassination attempts. He was killed in 1881 by a bomb thrown by members of the revolutionary group Narodnaya Volya (People's Will).
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