1. March 3,1861: Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.

2. After the emancipation of the serfs by Alexander II in 1861, medical academies in St. Petersburg began admitting women.

3. Many hoped that Alexander II would continue with his reforms and abolish some of the unjust policies of Tsarist Russia.

4. Alexander II is very clear, if not abandoned the small profits, then the Italian there is no guarantee.

5. Said by: Czar Alexander II of Russia after an anarchist assassination attempt. He died of his wounds mere hours later.

6. Czar, Alexander II, annulled serf system and its related land possession system in 1861.

7. "His Majesty Alexander II, Tsar of All the Russias, "she said. But her voice was trembling.

8. A defeat for French Catholics, the ruling was based on the fact that Czar Alexander II financed construction of the building.

9. In 1839, a young English Queen Victoria danced a ball with the future Russian emperor Alexander II and was so enamoured by him, that has seriously reflected on marriage.

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10. In Russian history, it is Peter the Great and Stalin who are considered the great modernisers rather than Alexander II, who abolished serfdom, or Mr Gorbachev, who opened up the country.

11. Expansion in the Far East, a blank canvas, seemed to offer it, especially after the milder Alexander II ascended the throne in 1855.

12. In 1859 he made a third visit, this time under the patronage of the Czar , Alexander II.

13. The gem was named "Alexandrite" after the young Tsarevitch, who was crowned Tsar Alexander II in 1855.

14. The 1860s came to be known as the Age of the Great Reforms, after tsar Alexander II (r. 1855-1881) introduced a large number of liberal reform measures into Russian society.