Definition of Alexander II

1. Noun. The son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881).

Exact synonyms: Alexander The Liberator, Czar Alexander Ii
Geographical relationships: Russia
Generic synonyms: Czar, Tsar, Tzar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alexander II

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Alexander's deafness
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Alexander Alexandrovich Blok
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Alexander Bell
Alexander Calder
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander I
Alexander II (current term)
Alexander III
Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Selcraig
Alexander Selkirk
Alexander VI
Alexander Wilson
Alexander Woollcott
Alexander of Tralles
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Liberator
Alexanders

Literary usage of Alexander II

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919)
"GROWTH OF THE TERRORIST GUERILLA-REVOLUTION ; Alexander II BECOMES ITS VICTIM. ACCENTUATION OF THE THEOCRATIC REACTION; COUNTER - TERRORISM. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... Minsk suffered much from the violent attempts at proselytism on the part of Emperors Nicholas I and Alexander II, by whom the Uniat Lithuanians and ..."

3. A History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe by David Jayne Hill (1905)
"V *•D< The rivalry of Alexander II and Honorius II which practically disregarded the papal authority. In opposition to the reform movement, which condemned ..."

4. Readings in Modern European History: A Collection of Extracts from the by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1909)
"There Alexander II lay upon the snow, profusely bleeding, abandoned by every one of his followers ! All had disappeared. It was cadets, returning from the ..."

5. Alexander III of Russia by Charles Lowe (1895)
"He was the second son of Alexander II., who will be known in history as the " Emancipator of the Serfs," and Princess Maria of Hesse-Darmstadt. ..."

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