1869 Czar ALEXANDER II the LIBERATOR 2 Kopek Antique Russian Coin Eagle i45324

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1869 Czar ALEXANDER II the LIBERATOR 2 Kopek Antique Russian Coin Eagle i45324 :
$125.00

Item: i45324

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Russia
Alexander II the Liberator - Russian Emperor: 1855-1881
1869Copper 2 Kopek Coin 24mm (6.11 grams)
Obverse: 1869 ΓΟДА and wreath around *2* КОПЪЙКИ C.П.Б.in three lines.
Reverse: MЪДHAЯ POCCIИCKAЯ MOHETA ДBЪ КОПЪЙКИaround Imperial coat-of-arms.

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Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevich (Russian:Александр II Николаевич, Aleksandr II Nikolaevich) (29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1818, Moscow – 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881,Saint Petersburg), also known as Alexander the Liberator (Russian:Александр Освободитель, Aleksandr Osvoboditel\') was theEmperor, orCzar, of theRussian Empire from 3 March 1855 until hisassassination in 1881. He was also theGrand Duke of Finland and theKing of Poland.

Born in 1818, he was the eldest son ofNicholas I of Russia andCharlotte of Prussia, daughter ofFrederick William III of Prussia andLouise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His early life gave little indication of his ultimate potential; until the time of his accession in 1855, aged 37, few imagined that he would be known to posterity as a leader able to implement the most challenging reforms undertaken in Russia since the reign ofPeter the Great.

In the period of his life asheir apparent, the intellectual atmosphere ofSt. Petersburg was unfavourable to any kind of changes,freedom of thought and all private initiative being, as far as possible, suppressed vigorously. Personal and officialcensorship was rife; criticism of the authorities was regarded as a serious offense. Some 26 years after he had the opportunity of implementing changes he would, however, be assassinated in public byNarodnaya Volya terrorist organization.

His education as a future Tsar was carried out under the supervision of the liberal romantic poet and gifted translatorVasily Zhukovsky[1], grasping a smattering of a great many subjects, and feeling exposure to the chief modern Europeanlanguages. His alleged lack of interest in military affairs detected by later historians could be only his reflection on the results on his own family and on the whole spirit of the country by the unsavouryCrimean War. Unusually for the time, the young Alexander was taken on a six-month tour of Russia, visiting 20 provinces in the country. He also visited many prominent Western European countries.

Reign

Alexander II succeeded to the throne upon the death of his father in 1855. The first year of his reign was devoted to the prosecution of the Crimean War, and after the fall ofSevastopol to negotiations for peace, led by his trusted counselor,Prince Gorchakov. It was widely thought that the country had been exhausted and humiliated by the war. Encouraged by public opinion he began a period of radical reforms, including an attempt to not to depend on a landed aristocracy controlling the poor, to develop Russia\'s natural resources and to thoroughly reform all branches of the administration.

Autocratic power was now in the hands of someone with some sort of flexible thought, sufficient prudence and practicality.

However, the growth of a revolutionary movement to the \"left\" of the educated classes led to an abrupt end to Alexander\'s changes when he was assassinated in 1881. It is notable that after Alexander became tsar in 1855, he maintained a generally liberal course at the helm while being a target for numerous assassination attempts (1866, 1873, 1880).

Emancipation of the serfs