Alexander II
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died 1073, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1061–1073.
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Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1818–81, czar of Russia 1855–81.
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1198–1249, king of Scotland (1214–49), son of William (the Lion)
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1818–81, tsar of Russia (1855–81), son of Nicholas I, who emancipated the serfs (1861). He was assassinated by the Nihilists
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The palace entertained Scots royalty with at least three charters being signed there by Alexander II in 1236.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023
She looked out onto a towering statue of Czar Alexander II, who emancipated Russia’s serfs, and at the government office buildings and Helsinki Cathedral built in the St. Petersburg style.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022
As Birmingham notes, the failed attempt on April 4, 1866 by a young revolutionary to assassinate Tsar Alexander II also inspired Dostoevsky during the final stages of composition.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021
Plus, Gibson wrote, after being humiliated by France and Britain in the Crimean War, czar Alexander II was more interested in protecting his empire than expanding it.
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2019
The reaction that followed the assassination of Alexander II fell upon the Jews as a national calamity.
From Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914 by Joseph, Samuel
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