Alexander III of Russia
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![Alexander III as Tsesarevich, by Sergei Lvovich Levitsky, 1865](/Images/godic/202412/18/Tsarevitch_Alexander_later_Alexander_III_1865_by_Sergei_Levitsky2701.jpg")
![Portrait by the artist Georges Becker of the coronation of Tsar Alexander III and Empress Maria Fyodorovna, which took place on 27 May [O.S. 15 May] 1883 at the Uspensky Sobor of the Moscow Kremlin. On the left of the dais can be seen his young son and heir, the Tsesarevich Nicholas, and behind Nicholas can be seen a young Grand Duke George.](/Images/godic/202412/18/Alexander_III_and_Maria_Fedorovna's_coronation_by_G.Becker_(1888,_Hermitage)2701.jpg")
![Alexander and his wife Empress Maria Fyodorovna on holiday in Copenhagen in 1893.](/Images/godic/202412/18/Alexander-Maria2701.jpg")
Alexander III (Russian:Алекса́ндр III;IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈtrʲetʲɪj] Aleksandr Trety), or Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov (Russian:Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Рома́нов;IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ rɐˈmanəf]; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was the penultimate Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Prince of Finland from 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881 until his death on 1 November [O.S. 20 October] 1894. He was highly conservative and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II. During Alexander's reign Russia fought no major wars, for which he was styled "The Peacemaker" (Russian:Миротво́рец, Mirotvórets;IPA: [mʲɪrɐˈtvorʲɪt͡s]).