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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 15 MIN

15 in 15: To What Extent was Alexander II the "Tsar Liberator"?

from The Smoking Gunn (IB History Revision) · host Patrick Gunn

Alexander II is known as the "Tsar Liberator" and the "Good Tsar", but to what extent is this justified? We look at his legal, educational, and political reforms, as well as what should have been the greatest achievement of liberation in Russian history, the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, to answer that very question.

Alexander II is known as the "Tsar Liberator" and the "Good Tsar", but to what extent is this justified? We look at his legal, educational, and political reforms, as well as what should have been the greatest achievement of liberation in Russian history, the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, to answer that very question.

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Alexander II is known as the "Tsar Liberator" and the "Good Tsar", but to what extent is this justified? We look at his legal, educational, and political reforms, as well as what should have been the greatest achievement of liberation in Russian...

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