Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar by Edvard Radzinsky. Short summary

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The story of the reign of Emperor Alexander II is the last part in the trilogy The Three Tsars. Its protagonists are the Emperors Nicholas II and Alexander II, as well as the leader Joseph Stalin.

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The story of the reign of Emperor Alexander II is the last part in the «Three Tsars» trilogy. Its main characters are the emperors Nicholas II and Alexander II, as well as the Bolshevik leader Joseph Stalin.

It is still unknown why the monarch, who was called «Tsar Liberator», who destroyed slavery in Russia and carried out many reforms, by the end of his reign turned away from the whole society. As a result of perestroika, a powerful terrorist organization came to power. It is also unclear why the liberator was killed by the people freed by him.

The terror that emerged during the reign of Alexander II anticipated the terror of our century. The same ideas and phrases which were characteristic of Russian terrorists many years ago can be found in modern newspapers. Therefore, we can conclude that people have not learned a lesson from the history of the past.