Reign of Tsar Alexander II (1 janv. 1855 – 1 janv. 1881)
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Succinctly suggested to the nobility of Moscow "It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait until the serfs begin to liberate themselves from below." In 1861 the tsar issued the Emancipation Manifesto which abolished the institution of serfdom and granted liberty to some twenty-three million serfs
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