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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 Joukowski; entered the army, 1831; nominated colonel in the regiment of grenadiers, 1835; chancellor of the university of Helsingfors, Finland, 1837; travelled in Germany, 1840–41; 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), 1856. Married, April 10 (April 28), 1841, to
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Russia
1.Officiai, Pcbijcatioxs
Materials for a Statistik of the Empire of Russia. Published, under the sanction of Iiis Majesty, by the Statistical Department of the Ministry of the Interior (Russian). 8. St. Petersburg, 1863–68.
Memorandum on the Trade between Great Britain and Russia. By T. Micheli, Attaché to II. M.’s Embassy at St. Petersburg. Presented to both Houses of Parliament. London, 1866.
Report by Mr. Lumley, II. M.’s Secretary of Embassy, on the Trade of Russia with Central Asia; dated January, 1862; in ‘Reports of II. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy.’ No. V. London, 1862.
Report by Mr. Lumley, II. M.’s Secretary of Embassy, on the Trade and Manufacture of Cotton in Russia, dated January, 1865; in ‘Reports of II. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy.’ No. VIII. London, 180. 7.
Report by Consul T. Micheli on the Finances of the Russian Empire, dated June, 1867; in ‘Commercial Reports received at the Foreign Office.’ No. IX. 1867. London, 1867.
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 tlio Trado of Finland for the year 1861; in ‘Commercial Reports received at the Foreign Offieo.’ 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 Trado and Commerco of Poland for the year 1864; in ‘Commercial Reports received at tho Foreign Office.’ London, 1866.
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Martin, F. (1869). Russia. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230252981_11
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