Alexander II (of Russia)

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Tsar of Russia from 1855. He embarked on reforms of the army, the government, and education, and is remembered as ‘the Liberator’ for his emancipation of the serfs in 1861, but he lacked the personnel to implement his reforms. However, the revolutionary element remained unsatisfied, and Alexander became increasingly autocratic and reactionary. He was assassinated by an anarchistic terrorist group, the Nihilists.

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