WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander II, Russian Aleksandr Nikolayevich, (born April 29, 1818, Moscow, Russia-died March 13, 1881, St. Petersburg), Tsar of Russia (1855–81). He succeeded to the throne at the height of the Crimean War, which revealed Russia’s backwardness on the world stage.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in March 1881 in a bomb attack carried out by members of the terrorist revolutionary organization Narodnaya Volya (“People’s Will”).

Detailed explanation-3: -He was succeeded by his 36-year-old son, Alexander III, who rejected the Loris-Melikov constitution. Alexander II’s assassins were arrested and hanged, and the People’s Will was thoroughly suppressed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Russian Revolution toppled the Romanov dynasty, and Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917.

Detailed explanation-5: -Alexander II’s reforms aimed to achieve economic liberalization, which led to the creation of many new enterprises. The most important reform during his rule was the emancipation of the serfs, which had been halting the country’s economic development for decades. For this he is known as Alexander the Liberator.

Detailed explanation-6: -Alexander II’s ‘great reforms’ stand out as among the most significant events in nineteenth century Russian history. Alexander became known as the ‘Tsar Liberator’ because he abolished serfdom in 1861.