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Alexander II: The Last Great Czar. Freepress. ISBN 978-0743284264. "Church of the Savior on Blood, St. Petersburg". Sacred Destinations; Hartnett, L. (2001). "The Making of a Revolutionary Icon: Vera Nikolaevna Figner and the People's Will in the Wake of the Assassination of Tsar Aleksandr II". Canadian Slavonic Papers.
Alexander II, also known as the Grand Duke of Finland, was well regarded among the majority of Finns. [70] Statue of Alexander II at the Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland, flowered on 13 March 1899, the day of the commemoration of the emperor's death. Alexander II's death caused a great setback for the reform movement.
On 1 March 1881, [11] following the assassination of his grandfather, Tsar Alexander II, Nicholas became heir apparent or tsarevich upon his father's accession as Alexander III. Nicholas and his other family members bore witness to Alexander II's death, having been present at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, where he was brought after the ...
Construction began in 1883 during the reign of Alexander III, two years after the assassination of his father Alexander II. The church was consecrated as a memorial to his father. [2] Estimates suggest that the construction cost 4.5 million rubles. The construction was completed during the reign of Nicholas II in 1907. Funding was provided by ...
Father became emperor 2 March 1855 Father died, became emperor Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, 1825–1827, uncle Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich, 1827–1843, brother: Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich, 1843–1855, son Alexander II: Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich: Son 2 March 1855 Father became emperor 24 April 1865 Died
At his accession as the sole monarch of Russia in 1696, Peter held the same title as his father, Alexis: "Great Lord Tsar and Grand Prince, Autocrat of Great, Small and White Russia". [109] By 1710, he had styled himself as "Tsar and All-Russian Emperor", but it was not until 1721 that the imperial title became official. [109]
In 1866 after tsesarevich Nicholas's death, tsar Alexander II informed the new tsesarevich Alexander that Russia had come to a marriage agreement with the parents of Princess Dagmar of Denmark, who had been Nicholas' fiancée. Initially, the tsesarevich refused to travel to Copenhagen because he wanted to marry Maria.
It measures 242 × 321 cm. [1] [2] [3] The canvas depicts Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ in a life-size two-figure composition. The painting depicts the moment in the Gospel story when Mary Magdalene recognises the risen Christ. However, he stops her impulse by telling her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father". [4] [5]