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Alexander II 1818-1881
Image above:
Portrait of Emperor Alexander
II, 1870s, by Alexander Matveyevich Wegner
State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg
Alexander's father was
Czar Nicholas I.
As Alexander II, he was the Russian Czar from 1855-1881, which puts his coronation right
at the end of the
Crimean War.
Alexander was assassinated by means of an
early car bomb, back in the days known as a carriage
bomb. Alexander's son followed him to the throne as
Alexander III.
See also
Governments
of Russia
And of course
Assassinations in History
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