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Alexander II of Russia

Introduction

Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881), Emperor (tsar) of Russia (1855-1881). He was responsible for the emancipation of the serfs and other important reforms that modernized and Westernized Russia's institutions.

Contributed By:
Maureen Perrie, M.A.
_{Professor of Russian History, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham. Author, The Agrarian Policy of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party, from its Origins through the Revolution of 1905-1907; Alexander II: Emancipation and Reform in Russia, 1855-1881; The Image of Ivan the Terrible in Russian Folklore; Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia: the False Tsars of the Time of Troubles; and The Cult of Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia.}