1818 - 1881
Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, tr. Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ]; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator (Russian: Алекса́ндр Освободи́тель, tr. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander II of Russia has received more than 7,564,061 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Alexander II of Russia is the 279th most popular politician (up from 288th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Russia (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Politician.
Alexander II of Russia is most famous for the emancipation of the serfs, which was enacted in 1861.
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Among politicians, Alexander II of Russia ranks 279 out of 15,577. Before him are Silvio Berlusconi, Harald Fairhair, Georges Danton, Ariel Sharon, Edward II of England, and Ahmed II. After him are Charles II of Spain, Septimius Severus, Peter III of Russia, Mehmed V, Philip II of France, and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1936 - 2023
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 273
850 - 933
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 274
1759 - 1794
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 275
1928 - 2014
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 276
1284 - 1327
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 277
1643 - 1695
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 278
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 279
1661 - 1700
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 280
145 - 211
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 281
1728 - 1762
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 282
1844 - 1918
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 283
1165 - 1223
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 284
1552 - 1612
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 285
Among people born in 1818, Alexander II of Russia ranks 3. Before him are Karl Marx and James Prescott Joule. After him are Emily Brontë, Ignaz Semmelweis, Ivan Turgenev, Christian IX of Denmark, Charles Gounod, Jacob Burckhardt, Lewis H. Morgan, Marius Petipa, and Rudolf von Jhering. Among people deceased in 1881, Alexander II of Russia ranks 2. Before him is Fyodor Dostoevsky. After him are Modest Mussorgsky, Billy the Kid, Benjamin Disraeli, Lewis H. Morgan, James A. Garfield, Thomas Carlyle, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Auguste Mariette, and Jenny von Westphalen.
1818 - 1883
HPI: 91.29
Rank: 1
1818 - 1889
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 2
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 3
1818 - 1848
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 4
1818 - 1865
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 5
1818 - 1883
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 6
1818 - 1906
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 7
1818 - 1893
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 8
1818 - 1897
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 9
1818 - 1881
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 10
1818 - 1910
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 11
1818 - 1892
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 12
1821 - 1881
HPI: 88.66
Rank: 1
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 2
1839 - 1881
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 3
1859 - 1881
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 4
1804 - 1881
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 5
1818 - 1881
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 6
1831 - 1881
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 7
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 8
1804 - 1881
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 9
1805 - 1881
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
1821 - 1881
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 11
1814 - 1881
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Alexander II of Russia ranks 39 out of 3,262. Before him are Paul I of Russia (1754), Georgy Zhukov (1896), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918), Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919), and Elizabeth of Russia (1709). After him are Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Boris Pasternak (1890), and Yul Brynner (1920).
1754 - 1801
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 33
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 34
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 35
1918 - 2008
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 36
1919 - 2013
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 37
1709 - 1762
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 38
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 39
1839 - 1881
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 40
1901 - 1918
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 41
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 42
1890 - 1986
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 43
1890 - 1960
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 44
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 45
Among politicians born in Russia, Alexander II of Russia ranks 17. Before him are Nicholas I of Russia (1796), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Yuri Andropov (1914), Paul I of Russia (1754), Georgy Zhukov (1896), and Elizabeth of Russia (1709). After him are Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), Boris Godunov (1552), Sergey Lavrov (1950), and Rurik (830).
1796 - 1855
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 11
1845 - 1894
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 12
1914 - 1984
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 13
1754 - 1801
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 14
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 15
1709 - 1762
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 16
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 17
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 18
1890 - 1986
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 19
1627 - 1683
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 20
1552 - 1605
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 21
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 22
830 - 879
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 23