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Alexander III., Emperor of All the Russias, born February 26 (March 10 new style), 1845, the eldest son of Emperor Alexander II. and of Princess Maria, daughter of the late Grand-duke of Hesse-Darmstadt; ascended the throne at the death of his father (by assassination) March 1 (March 13, new style), 1881, and was crowned at Moscow May 27, 1883; married, Nov. 9, 1866, to Maria Dagmar, born Nov. 26, 1817, daughter of King Christian IX. of Denmark.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Russia. 1. Official Publication
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Recueil de Données statistiques sur les Chemins de Fer en Russie. 8. St. Pétersbourg, 1883.
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Sketch of the Exterior Trade (Obzor onyeshny Jorgobl)for 1882, published in 1883 by the Ministry of Finances.
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Keltie, J.S. (1885). Russia. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253148_13
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