Tsar Alexander II of Russia stood at the crossroads of history—after all, his reign paved the way to the fall of the Romanov empire. And when you look at his scandalous life, it’s no wonder why it ...

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Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar Edvard Radzinsky, , trans. from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis. . Free Press, $35 (462pp) ISBN 978-0-7432-7332-9 ...

But on March 13, 1881, that all came to an end. Travelling in his carriage in St Petersburg, Alexander II was assassinated by a band of revolutionaries, an act witnessed first-hand by Alexander III.

The other of Christian IX’s daughters, Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), became the Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander III of Russia (1845-1894) and the mother of Nicholas II (1868 ...