Alexander II

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the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)

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After the assassination of Alexander II, the Pope sent a high ranking representative to the coronation of his successor. Source: Internet

After the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, the Nihilists gained a reputation throughout Europe as proponents of the use of violence for political change. Source: Internet

Chron. Cas., III, 34 Within two years of the consecration of the Cassinese Basilica, Alexander II died and was succeeded by Hildebrand as Pope Gregory VII. Source: Internet

Bates William the Conqueror pp. 79–81 William of Poitiers also relates that the duke obtained the consent of Pope Alexander II for the invasion, along with a papal banner. Source: Internet

Edvard Radzinsky, Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar, p. 94. Austria offered the Ottomans diplomatic support, and Prussia remained neutral, thus leaving Russia without any allies on the continent. Source: Internet

Encouraged by its successful assassination of Alexander II, the Narodnaya Volya movement began planning the murder of Alexander III. Source: Internet

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