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Alexander III (1)
Alexander III was born in Saint Petesburg in 1845. In 1881 was claimed as tsar, succeeding his father, Alexander II. The system he had was absolute monarchy, and had lots of restrictions to minorities. His government was "orthodox, aristocratic and nationalist. Orthodox christianism was the only official religion, and it was forbidden to use another language which was not Russian; even other slav languages were forbidden as Polish.
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Alexander III (2)
He promoved antisemitism and secret police, who persecuted revolutionaries. Some revolutionaries as Lenin's brother were executed.
Also, there were laws which made jewish's lifes harder and they had less rights than the rest of the people.
At that time, peace and some other advances were achieved, as the construction of the Transiberian. Sources: PDF and Wikipedia -
Abolishment of Serfdom
In 1861, the Serfdom in Russia was abolished. Tsar Alexander II and Nicholas I thought slavery in America was inhumane. In Russia slavery was diferent, the owner of lands did not own a serf. Just a serf was bound to the lord just because he was living in lord's lands. Other countries had abolished also slavery, and they did so in Russia in order to progress.
Information: http://www.historytoday.com/michael-lynch/emancipation-russian-serfs-1861-charter-freedom-or-act-betrayal
