This man managed the depression of Princess Dagmar after the death of his son Nixa left Dagmar without a fiancée, while his near-death at the hands of Dmitry Karakozov led him to expand the authority of Pyotr Shuvalov.
This man managed the depression of Princess Dagmar after the death of his son Nixa left Dagmar without a fiancée, while his near-death at the hands of Dmitry Karakozov led him to expand the authority of Pyotr Shuvalov. He tasked Dimitry Milyutin with addressing his army's inbred and corrupt officer corps, while Dimitry's brother Nikolay helped develop the regional (*) assemblies instituted during his reign known as zemstvos. This ruler planned to accept the Loris-Melikov constitution shortly before his death at the hands of the People's Will and issued an 1861 ukase emancipating all Russian serfs. For 10 points, name this Russian tsar who ruled during the Crimean War and was succeeded by his son, Alexander III.
This man managed the depression of Princess Dagmar after the death of his son Nixa left Dagmar without a fiancée, while his near-death at the hands of Dmitry Karakozov led him to expand the authority of Pyotr Shuvalov.
{Alexander} II of Russia [prompt on {Alexander}]