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Alexander II., Emperor of Russia, born April 17 (April 29 new style), 1818, the eldest son of Emperor Nicholas I. and of Princess Charlotte of Prussia; educated, under the supervision of his father, by General Moerder, a learned German, and the Russian poet Joulcowski; entered the army, 1831; nominated colonel in the regiment of grenadiers, 1835; chancellor of the university of Helsingfors, Finland, 1837; travelled in Germany, 1810–41; superintendent of the military schools of the empire, 1849; appointed to a command in the Caucasian army, 1850. Succeeded to the throne, at the death of his father, February 18 (March 2), 1855; crowned at Moscow, August 20 (September 7), 1850. Married, April 10 (April 28), 1841, to
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Russia
1. Officiai. Publications
Materials for a Statistik of the Empire of Russia. Published, under the sanction of His Majesty, by the Statistical Department of the Ministry of the Interior (Russian). 8. St. Petersburg, 1863–06.
Memorandum on the Trade between Great Britain and Russia. By T. Micheli, Attaché to H.M.’s Embassy at St. Petersburg. Presented to both Houses of Parliament. London, 1866.
Report by Mr. Lumley, H.M.’s Secretary of Embassy, on the Trade of Russia with Central Asia; dated January, 1862; in ‘Reports of H. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy.’ No. V. London, 1862.
Report by Mr. Lumley, H.M.’s Secretary of Embassy, on the Trade and Manufacture of Cotton in Russia, dated January, 1865; in ‘Reports of H. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy.’ No. VIII. London, 1865.
Report by Mr. Consul Crowe on the Trade and Commerce of the grand-duchy of Finland; in ‘Commercial Reports received at the Foreign Office.’ London. 1865.
Report by Mr. Consul Crowe on the Trade of Finland for the year 1864; in ‘Commercial Reports received at the Foreign Office.’ London, 1866.
Report by Colonel Stanton on the Trade and Commerce of the kingdom of Poland for the years 1862 and 1863; in ‘Reports received at the Foreign Office.’ London, 1865.
Report by Lieut.-Colonel Mansfield on tho Trade and Commerco of Poland for the year 1864; in ‘Commercial Reports received at the Foreign Office.’ London, 1866.
2. Non-Official Publications
Atkinson (T. W.), Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian acquisitions on the confines of India and China. 8. London. 1860.
Bär (K. E. von) and Helmersen (Gr. von) Beiträge rar Kenntniss des Russischen Reichs. 17 vols. 8. St. Petersburg, 1852–66.
Brix (Prem.-Lieut.), Die Iv. Russische Armee in ihrem Bestände, ihrer Organisation, Ausrüstung u. Stärke im Kriege u. Frieden am 1. Jan. 1863. 4. Berlin, 1864.
Buschai (A. von), Bevölkerung des Russischen Kaiserreichs in den wichtigsten statistischen Verhaltnissen. 8. Gotha, 1862.
Custine (Marquis de), La Russie en 1839. 4 vols. 8. Paris, 1843.
Fabricius (A. v.) Zur Geschichte des Russischen Postwesens. Eine Skizze in Veranlassung des 200jährigen Bestehens desselben. 8. Riga, 1866.
Golovine (Ivan), Études et Estais: Richesse de la Russie, Économie privée, Économie hospitalière. 8. Paris 1864.
Gurowski (De) Russia and its People. 8. London, 1854.
Hayinvicister (Jul. von), Mémoire sur le Commerce des Ports de la Nouvelle Russie. 8. Odessa, 1835.
Haxthausen (A. von), Studien über die innern Zustände, das Volksleben u. s.w. Russlands. 3 vols.,8. Berlin, 1847–52.
Khanikof (N. de) Études sur l’Instruction Publique en Russie. 1re partio. Dernières reformes de l’organisation do l’instruction publique, accompagnées d’une carte de la Russie d’Europe divisée en provinces académiques. 8. Paris, 1866.
Koppen (Dr. Peter von), Statistische Reise in Russland. 8. St. Petersburg, 1864.
Künast (Reg.-R.), Statistische Mittheilungen über Littauen und Masuren. 3 vols. 8. Gumbinnen, 1863.
Mélanges Russes, tirées du bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. 2 vols. 8. St. Petersburg, 1865.
Miehie (Alesander), Tho Siberian Overland Route from Pékin to Petersburg, through tho Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, andc. 8. London, 1864.
Petzholdt (Alex.), Reise im Westlichen und Südlichen Europäischen Russland im.T. 1855. 8. Leipzig, 1860.
Porochine (Victor de), Les Ressources Matérielles de la Russie. 8. Paris, 1865.
Ravenstein (E. G.), The Russians on the Amur; its Discovery, Conquest, and Colonisation. 8. London, 1861.
Rein (G.), Statiskteckning af Storfurstendomet Finland. 8. Helsingfors, 1860.
Tegoborski (L. de), Etudes sur les Forces Productives de la Russie. 3 vols. 8. Paris, 1852.
Urquhart (D.), Progress of Russia in the “West, North, and South. 8. London, 1853.
Valilchanof (Capt.), and Veniukof (M.), the Russians in Central Asia. Translated by J. and R. Micheli. 8. London, 1865.
Wollsohn (Dr. Wilh.), Russische Revue: Zeitschrift zur Kunde des geistigen Lebens in Russland. Vol iv. Jahrgang 1865. 8. Leipzig, 1865.
Wolvwslci (L.), Les Finances de la Russie, réponse à quelques publicistes russes, avec les documents officiels. 8. Paris, 1861.
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Martin, F. (1867). Russia. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230252967_11
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