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1888. Семья императора Александра III
Alexander III with his wife and children

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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  • Tsarevitch Alexander later Alexander III 1865 by Sergei Levitsky

    Alexander III as Tsesarevich, by Sergei Lvovich Levitsky, 1865

  • Alexander III and Maria Fedorovna's coronation by G.Becker (1888, Hermitage)

    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.

  • Alexander-Maria

    Alexander and his wife Empress Maria Fyodorovna on holiday in Copenhagen in 1893

  • Alexander III reception by Repin

    Alexander receiving rural district elders in the yard of Petrovsky Palace in Moscow; painting by Ilya Repin

  • Keisarintalo Lappeenranta

    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.

  • 5 Roubles à l'effigie du Tsar d'Alexandre III, 1888

    5-ruble coin of Alexander III, 1888

  • Borki cathedral

    The Borki Cathedral was one of many churches built to commemorate the Tsar's miraculous survival in the 1888 train crash

  • Russo-French alliance

    Alexander III and French President Marie François Sadi Carnot forge an alliance

  • Александр III и Мария Федоровна на крыльце своего дома в Лангинкоски в Финляндии

    Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna in the family circle on the porch of his home in Langinkoski, Finland in summer 1889.

  • France-russe1896

    Alexander III and Nicholas II on French stamps, c. 1896

  • Tzar Alexander III and members of the Royal family

    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.

  • Valentin Serov - Alexander III in Danish Royal Life Guards Uniform

    Alexander III in the uniform of the Danish Royal Life Guards, 1894

  • Marble Palace (oriental frontage)

    The equestrian statue of Alexander III, by Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy, shows the Emperor sitting heavily on the back of a ponderous horse

  • The monument of Russian Emperor Alexander III

    Memorial dedicated to Alexander III in Pullapää, Estonia

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