SPb. : Type. A. C. Suvorina, 1903. - 554 s. Alexander II (1818 1881) Russian emperor since 1855. The eldest son of Nicholas I . In 1861. Largely due to its consistency, the root of all the evils that tormented Russia was eliminated centuries of serfdom, then a whole set of reforms was prepared and carried out. judicial, zemstvo and many others, which opened the way to the creation of a new, more progressive state structure. During the reign of Alexander II, the accession to Russia of the Caucasus (1864), Kazakhstan (1865), and most of Central Asia (186581) was completed. A number of attempts were made on the life of Alexander II (1866, 1867, 1879, 1880), killed by the Narodolitsy .. The author of this fundamental work, Sergey Spiridonovich Tatishchev, sees his task as, "to gather together numerous testimonies about individual moments and episodes of the life and activities of Emperor Alexander Nikolaevich and by adding them to their own research, to draw up an accurate and, as far as possible, complete pragmatic summary of the events of his reign and of the Emperor's personal participation or influence on them in the field of politics as an internal one,.... [Read more...] [ ] and externally.". , The author based his work on the materials he studied in the State and Main St. Petersburg Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the archives of the State Council, the former III branch of His Majesty's Own Chancellery, in the Military-Scientific Archives of the Main Staff .. In addition, the author had access to some archives of foreign states and private archives.