# Alexander II of Russia

> He freed twenty-three million serfs in 1861, the largest emancipation in European history — then spent two decades watching revolutionaries try to kill him for it. On the eighth attempt, they succeeded.

*The 12th Emperor of Russia (1855–1881)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/alexander-ii-of-russia

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1818-04-17
- **Died:** 1881-03-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Alexander became Emperor of Russia on 2 March 1855, inheriting an empire bruised by the Crimean War and bound by serfdom. Six years later he issued the Edict of Emancipation, abolishing the institution that had defined Russian life for centuries, and followed with reforms to courts, censorship, military structure, and local government. An 1866 assassination attempt bent him sharply conservative; reforms stalled or reversed. Abroad he played careful: sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 fearing British seizure, joined the League of the Three Emperors in 1873, crushed a Polish uprising by erasing Poland's constitution, and waged the Russo-Turkish War that freed Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania from Ottoman rule. Anarchists and revolutionaries hunted him for years. On 13 March 1881, the day after he'd approved new parliamentary reforms, a bomb on a St. Petersburg street finished what seven prior attempts could not.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 72.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 29.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 5.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #63

## Topics
#Politicians, #Model, #Founders, #Royalty, #Politics, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83171)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Alexander%20II%20of%20Russia)
- [Alexander II Russena Casere](https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_Russena_Casere)
- [Aleixandre II de Rusia](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleixandre_II_de_Rusia)
- [ألكسندر الثاني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [الكسندر التانى (حاكم من الامبراطوريه الروسيه)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_(%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87))
- [Alexandru II de Rusia](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_II_de_Rusia)
- [II Aleksandr](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Aleksandr)
- [Александр II](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_II)
- [Аляксандар II](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_II)
- [Аляксандр II (імператар расійскі)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_II_(%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96))
- [Александър II (Русия)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80_II_(%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F))
- [Aleksandr II (Rusia)](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_II_(Rusia))
- [Aleksandar II, car Rusije](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar_II%2C_car_Rusije)
- [Alexandre II de Rússia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_II_de_R%C3%BAssia)
- [ئەلێکساندەری دووەمی ڕووسیا](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%84%DB%8E%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%88%DB%95%D9%85%DB%8C_%DA%95%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7)
- [II Aleksandr (Rusiye)](https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Aleksandr_(Rusiye))
- [Alexandr II. Nikolajevič](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandr_II._Nikolajevi%C4%8D)
- [Александр II](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_II)
- [Alecsander II, tsar Rwsia](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alecsander_II%2C_tsar_Rwsia)
- [Aleksandr 2. af Rusland](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_2._af_Rusland)
- [Alexander II. (Russland)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II._(Russland))
- [Αλέξανδρος Β΄ της Ρωσίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BE%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A1%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Aleksandro la 2-a (Rusio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandro_la_2-a_(Rusio))
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia)
- [Wikiquote](https://fi.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aleksanteri_II)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alessandro_II_di_Russia)
- [Wikiquote](https://lt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aleksandras_II)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aleksander_II_Romanow)

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