Alexander II Nicholoevich ROMANOV, TSAR OF RUSSIA

                   Tsar 1881-1894 - died of Nephritis.
Stammtafel says died 20 Oct 1894 and married 28 Oct 1866.
ALEXANDER III (1845-1894) was czar of Russia from 1881 to 1894. He became czar after his fat her, Alexander II, was assassinated by revolutionaries. Alexander II had adopted a number of liberal reforms. Alexander III opposed further reform and energetically fought the revolutionaries. During his reign, Russian industry and science made impressive gains, and culture thrived. See also RUSSIA (Alexander III).
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Emperor of Russia; Reign: 1881 - 1894; Alexander II acceded to the throne upon the assassinat ion of his father, Alexander II in 1881. Alexander III's 13-year reign was characterized by police repression, industrial expansion, and a shift in foreign policy away from alliance with Germany to entente with France. He was 6'4 tall. Alexander III was a giant of a man, and proud of his physical strength. He could tear a pack of card in half, bend an iron poler over his knees and crush a silver rouble with his bare hands. His eyes were expressionless and he moved in a peculiarly ungainly way. Almost every drop of blood in his veins was German, but he had the stubborn, enigmatic look of a Russian peasant. He died at 2:30 PM of a kidney ailment, diagnosed as nephritis by his doctor. In reaction to the assassination of his father, he restored much of the absolutism of the reign of Nicholas I and sternly repressed all revolutionary agitation. Alexander tried to impose the Russian language on all of his subjects, persecuted the Jews, and restricted education. His foreign policy was marked by a close union iwth France in opposition to the Triple Alliance.