Born 1818, died 1881, freed the serfs & sold Alaska
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Alexander II - Tsar - Romanov - Russian Rulers - Biographies ...  He was born in Moscow on 17 April 1818. ... Died: 1881, St Petersburg .... The most important reform was the emancipation of the serfs on 19 February 1861. ... Although freed from the landowners, agricultural labourers now became ... of controlling the Straits or possessing overseas colonies  Alaska was sold to the United...
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Alexander II of Russia - Wikipedia  Alexander II was the Emperor of Russia from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He was also the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Finland. Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, ... In foreign policy, Alexander sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, fearing...
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Alexander II (The Liberator). He freed the serfs in 1861. Born 29 ...  He sold Alaska to the United States in 1867. He was ... HIM Emperor Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881) ... Died 1 November 1894 Livadiya, Russian Empire.
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Alexander II facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  (18181881), tsar and emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881. ... decision to emancipate the serfs and his assassination at the hands of revolutionaries. ... Alexander was born in Moscow on April 17, 1818, the oldest son of Nicholas I. His ... Russia's eventual loss was evident by the time of Nicholas's death, and the defeat did...
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Alexander, II () -   Emperor of Russia known as the "tsar liberator," who emancipated the serfs in 1861 and ... Died: 1881 ... Born in the Chudov Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin (citadel) on April 29, 1818, Alexander Nikolayevich Romanov was the eldest son of Grand Duke ... Following the sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867, Russian...
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William Seward - American Civil War - HISTORY.com  Andrew Johnson and Alaska 3min ... In 1867 U.S. Secretary of State William Seward successfully negotiated the purchase of Alaska from ... In 1830 he was elected to the New York State Senate as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party, ... in 1867, when he negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million in gold.
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Historical Expeditions / Department of Botany, National Museum of ...  Click here for Western Union Extension Telegraph Exploring Expedition collections ... Kennicott who, along with hundreds of men  most notably William Healey Dall and Joseph Trimble Rothrock  embarked March 21, 1865 to Alaska. ... botanical discoveries justifying the United States' purchase of Alaska from Russia.
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Alaska Purchase - Wikipedia  The Alaska Purchase was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867 by a treaty ratified by the United States .... This name had earlier, in the Russian era, denoted the Alaska Peninsula, which the .... to the United States by the lease of the privilege of taking seals, in fact an amount in...
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Emancipation Manifesto | Russia [1861] | Britannica.com  March 3 [Feb. 19, Old Style], 1861), manifesto issued by the Russian emperor Alexander II that accompanied 17 legislative acts that freed the serfs of the...
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John Jacob Astor - - Biography.com  Jul 8, 2014 ... Fur trader and real estate investor John Jacob Astor was one of the leading businessmen of his day and the founder of an American fur trade dynasty. ... A few years later, he made his first real estate investment. All of his fur ... He also began exporting furs to China and importing Chinese silk and tea.
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The Emancipation of the Russian Serfs, 1861: A Charter of Freedom ...  Tsar Alexander II (1855-81) shared with his father, Nicholas I, a conviction that ... to the proclamation of the Emancipation Manifesto in 1861In 1861 serfdom, the ... These were oversimplified explanations but there some truth in all of them: .... of such magnitude was President Lincoln's freeing of the negro slaves in 1865.
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Seward's Folly - Mar 30, 1867 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Seward's Folly on Mar 30, 1867. ... William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million. ... he says, the companies need to make dramatic changes in the way they run their businesses.
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Alaska Purchase - Wikipedia  The Alaska Purchase was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867 by a treaty ratified by the United States Senate, and signed by president Andrew Johnson. Russia wanted to sell its Alaskan territory, fearing that it might be seized if ... Russia's primary activities in the territory had been fur trade and missionary...
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Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska: Primary Documents of ...  Critics of the deal to purchase Alaska called it "Seward's Folly or Seward's Icebox. ... Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by ... The 1867 Treaty of Cession, in which the United States purchased Alaska...
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John Jacob Astor: Wealthy Merchant and Fur Trader | HistoryNet  John Jacob Astor, the man most closely associated with the American fur trade ... for wealth surpassing imagination, became involved in the business without ever .... New vistas were opening up before him, though fur was still his primary interest. .... he was getting tired, Astor determined to leave the trade, and in June 1834,...
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Why Did Russia Sell Us Alaska So Cheap? (less than two cents an ...  Oct 18, 2007 ... For a price of $7.2 million, this country got 365 million acres of land and ... By this time Seward was Secretary of State under President Andrew Johnson, and ... However, in fiscal year 1867 the government had revenues of $491 ... After World War II, Seward's wisdom in buying Alaska would be even clearer.
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Seward's Folly - Mar 30, 1867 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Seward's Folly on Mar 30, 1867. ... U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7...
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Alaska Purchase - Wikipedia  The Alaska Purchase was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire on ... The Dominion of Canada would welcome British Columbia to confederation in 1871, ending US hopes of annexation and an uninterrupted...
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Now it can be told: Seward's role in Alaska's first political payoff ...  Nov 24, 2012 ... The Alaska purchase idea was popular in its day, historians say, despite being mocked by a few as "Seward's Folly." But the atmosphere in...
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The Emancipation of the Russian Serfs, 1861: A Charter of Freedom ...  In 1861 serfdom, the system which tied the Russian peasants irrevocably to their ... Tsar Alexander II (1855-81) shared with his father, Nicholas I, a conviction that ... In this way the Romanov emperors built up Russia's civil bureaucracy and the ... These were oversimplified explanations but there some truth in all of them:...
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John Jacob Astor - Wikipedia  John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763  March 29, 1848), born Johann Jakob Astor, was a German ... He moved to the United States after the American Revolutionary War. ... member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States. ... through which hundreds of thousands of settlers on the Oregon, Mormon,...