![Alexander III 1845 - 1894](../images/alexander_iii_of_russia.jpg)
Alexander III 1845 - 1894
Image above:
Detail from the
Portrait of Emperor Alexander III by Ivan
Kramskoy
Alexander III, not to be confused with
Alexander III the Great, was Russia's czar from 1881 -
1894.
Alexander's father was
Alexander II.
Alexander's wife was Dagmar of
Denmark, who became Maria Fyodorovna
when she moved into her new home.
Lenin's brother Alexander was involved in a plot to
assassinate Alexander III.
Alexander III's son
Nicholas II became the next, and
the last, czar of Russia.
See also
Governments
of Russia
![CZAR ALEXANDER III OF RUSSIA](../images/alexander_iii_portrait.jpg)
CZAR ALEXANDER III OF
RUSSIA
Painting by Ivan Kramskoy
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