Portrait of Emperor Alexander II Russian Emperor Alexander II Russia -show original title Condition: --not specified Sold for: EUR 24.99 ApproximatelyUS $27.15 gravure exйcutйe en 1860 par Gillot Dimensions toute la feuille 25x18 centimиtres Document authentique et original du XIXe siиcle Alexandre II (en russe : ????????? II ??????????) (Moscou, 29 avril 1818 – Saint-Pйtersbourg, 13 mars 1881), empereur de Russie (3 mars 1855 – 13 mars 1881), dit « le Libйrateur », est йgalement grand-duc de Finlande et roi de Pologne jusqu'en 1867, date а laquelle la Pologne est formellement annexйe par l'Empire russe. Il est principalement connu pour ses rйformes, notamment l'abolition du servage. Malgrй les grandes rйformes libйrales mises en place, il est assassinй, le 1er mars 1881 (13 mars 1881 dans le calendrier grйgorien), lors d'un attentat organisй par le groupe terroriste russe Narodnaпa Volia. Alexander II (Russian: ??????ґ??? II ??????ґ????, tr. Aleksandr II Nikolayevich) 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was the Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination. Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator (Russian: ??????ґ??? ????????ґ????, tr. Aleksandr Osvoboditel). The tsar was responsible for other reforms, including reorganizing the judicial system, setting up elected local judges, abolishing corporal punishment, promoting local self-government through the zemstvo system, imposing universal military service, ending some privileges of the nobility, and promoting university education. After an assassination attempt in 1866, Alexander adopted a somewhat more reactionary stance until his death.