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• n  the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)

• Alexander II
• Czar Alexander II
• Alexander the Liberator

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• Czarist letters revealing state, bedroom secrets draw bidders at Swiss auction
  By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - A trove of letters from Russian royals revealing secrets of state and bedchamber and voicing scorn for the "hypocrisy" of Victorian court life in Britain drew big money, including some from Moscow, at a Geneva auction on Monday. In one, Czar Alexander II tells his sister Olga, wife of the crown prince of the German kingdom of Wurttemberg, that despite pressure ...
  Dec. 9, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News