Emperor Alexander II. His Life and Reign. In 2 Volumes
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Alexander II - Russian emperor since 1855, who went down in history as a reforming tsar, under whose leadership a whole set of reforms was prepared and carried out: abolition of serfdom, judicial, zemstvo, military and many other reforms that opened the way to changes in the state and social structure of the country. During the reign of Alexander II the annexation of the Caucasus (1864), Kazakhstan (1865), most of Central Asia (1865-1881) to Russia was completed. A number of attempts were made on the life of Alexander II (1866, 1867, 1879, 1880), he was killed by the Narodolovtsy. The author of this fundamental work saw his task as "to gather together numerous testimonies about individual moments and episodes of the life and activity of Sovereign Alexander Nikolaevich and, supplementing them with his own research, to compile an accurate and as complete as possible pragmatic summary of the events of his reign and the personal participation in them or the influence of the emperor on them in the field of politics, both internal and external. The author based his work on the materials he studied in the State and Main St. Petersburg archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the archives of the State Council, the former III Department of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery, and in the Military and Scientific Archive of the General Staff.
In addition, the author had access to some archives of foreign countries and private archives.
For students of history, political science, cultural studies and management specialties, as well as for all those interested in the history of Russia.
In addition, the author had access to some archives of foreign countries and private archives.
For students of history, political science, cultural studies and management specialties, as well as for all those interested in the history of Russia.
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