Alexander III of Russia facts for kids
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov (Alexander III, 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894), was Tsar of the Russian Empire from 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881 until his death on 1 November [O.S. 20 October] 1894. He changed some of the liberal laws made by his father, Alexander II. Alexander III had six children. His son Nicholas II of Russia became the next Tsar.
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Grand painting by artist Georges Becker of the coronation of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Fyodorovna, which took place on 27 May [O.S. 15 May] 1883 at the Uspensky Sobor of the Moscow Kremlin. On the left of the dais can be seen his young son and heir, the Tsarevich Nicholas, and behind Nicholas can be seen a young Grand Duke George.
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Alexander and his wife Empress Maria Fyodorovna on holiday in Copenhagen in 1893
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Alexander receiving rural district elders in the yard of Petrovsky Palace in Moscow; painting by Ilya Repin
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Photograph about arriving of Alexander III at the Fontell House (also known as "The House of Emperor") for the first time on August 4, 1885, in Lappeenranta, Finland.
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Alexander III and French President Marie François Sadi Carnot forge an alliance
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Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna in the family circle on the porch of his home in Langinkoski, Finland in summer 1889.
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Left to Right: Emperor Alexander III, Prince George (later George V of the United Kingdom), Marie Feodorovna, Maria of Greece, Tsesarevich Nicholas (later Emperor Nicholas II of Russia). Probably taken on the imperial yacht near Denmark, c. 1893.
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The equestrian statue of Alexander III, by Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy, shows the Emperor sitting heavily on the back of a ponderous horse
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Memorial dedicated to Alexander III in Pullapää, Estonia