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  1. Born10 March 1845 · Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
    Died1 November 1894 (aged 49) · Maley Palace, Livadia, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
    SpouseDagmar of Denmark (m. 1866)
    The Truth About Tsar Alexander III
    The Truth About Tsar Alexander III
    Tsar Alexander III of Russia ruled from 1881 to 1894. He was known as the Peacemaker, because he avoided major wars, but also as the Reactionary, because he reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II.
    Early life

    Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich was born on 10 March 1845 at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, the second son and third child of Tsesarevich Alexander (Future Alexander II) and his first wife … See more

    As Tsarevich

    Alexander became tsesarevich upon Nicholas's sudden death in 1865. He had been very close to his older brother, and he was devastated. When he became tsar, he reflected that "no one had such an impact on my life a… See more

    Reign

    On 13 March 1881 (N.S.) Alexander's father, Alexander II, was assassinated by members of the organization Narodnaya Volya. As a result, Alexander ascended to the Russian imperial throne in the village of Nennal. … See more

    Illness and death

    In 1894, Alexander III became ill with terminal kidney disease (nephritis). His first cousin, Queen Olga of Greece, offered to let him stay at her villa Mon Repos, on the island of Corfu, in the hope that it might improve th… See more

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