The son of Nicholas I, Alexander II succeeded in 1855.
He emancipated the serfs in 1861, and introduced legal, and military reforms. He extended the Russian frontiers into the Caucasus and Central Asia, and defeated Turkey in the last of the Russo-Turkish wars (1877-8). He was assassinated.
Alexander II
6:45 AM
|
|
This entry was posted on 6:45 AM
You can follow any responses to this entry through
the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response,
or trackback from your own site.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment