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Alexander III of Russia

1845 - 1894

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Alexander III (Russian: Александр III Александрович Романов, romanized: Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich Romanov; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He was highly reactionary in domestic affairs and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II, a policy of "counter-reforms" (Russian: контрреформы). Under the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827–1907), he acted to maximize his autocratic powers. During his reign, Russia fought no major wars, and he came to be known as The Peacemaker (Russian: Царь-Миротворец, romanized: Tsar’-Mirotvorets Russian pronunciation: [(t)sɑːr mʲɪrɐˈtvorʲɪt͡s]), a laudatory title enduring into 21st century historiography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander III of Russia is the 309th most popular politician (down from 232nd in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 31st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Politician.

Alexander III of Russia is most famous for his role in the Russo-Japanese War, which was a war between Russia and Japan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander III of Russia ranks 309 out of 19,576. Before him are Constantine XI Palaiologos, Ali Khamenei, Anwar Sadat, Philip I of Castile, Hu Jintao, and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. After him are Park Chung-hee, Beatrix of the Netherlands, François Mitterrand, Konstantin Chernenko, Batu Khan, and Alp Arslan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Alexander III of Russia ranks 2. Before him is Wilhelm Röntgen. After him are Ludwig II of Bavaria, Gabriel Lippmann, Georg Cantor, Gabriel Fauré, George I of Greece, Élie Metchnikoff, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Amadeo I of Spain, Ludwig III of Bavaria, and Carl Spitteler. Among people deceased in 1894, Alexander III of Russia ranks 2. Before him is Heinrich Hertz. After him are Robert Louis Stevenson, Hermann von Helmholtz, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Lajos Kossuth, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Adolphe Sax, Anton Rubinstein, Gustave Caillebotte, and Hans von Bülow.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander III of Russia ranks 32 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Bakunin (1814), Alexander II of Russia (1818), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Isaac Asimov (1920), Vasily Zaitsev (1915), and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918). After him are Konstantin Chernenko (1911), David Hilbert (1862), Yul Brynner (1920), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), and Georgy Zhukov (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Alexander III of Russia ranks 12. Before him are Peter the Great (1672), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Ivan the Terrible (1530), Boris Yeltsin (1931), Yuri Andropov (1914), and Alexander II of Russia (1818). After him are Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Georgy Zhukov (1896), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), Alexander I of Russia (1777), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), and Elizabeth of Russia (1709).

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