On February February 19, 1861 Czar Alexander II emancipated Russia’s serfs. Historian John Schmidt explains how it happened. PHOTO: Czar Alexander II of Russia (Wikimedia Commons) ...
This mounted portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News shortly after Czar Alexander II assumed the throne of Russia. John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on ...
Russification meant that a loyal part of the Empire had become an enemy of the Tsar. During Nicholas II’s reign, the Black Hundreds was formed. This was an extreme nationalist movement that ...
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