Alexander the Great's Mysterious Death

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Alexander III (1845–1894)

Tsar of Russia from 1881, when he succeeded his father, Alexander II. He pursued a reactionary policy, promoting Russification and persecuting the Jews. He married Dagmar (1847–1928), daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and sister of Queen Alexandra of Britain, in 1866.

A protectionist economic policy enabled rapid industrial development, which resulted in a great increase in the number of industrial workers and the spread of Marxist and social democratic ideas. In foreign affairs Alexander III strictly followed the policy of peace and non‐interference; towards the end of his reign the Franco‐Russian rapprochement took place.


From the Hutchinson Encyclopedia of World History. © Research Machines plc [2006] All Rights Reserved, Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines.
 
 

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