"It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait for it to abolish itself from below."
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Speech (30 March 1856), as quoted in A Concise History of Russia (1972) by Ronald Hingley. p. 122.
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Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, tr. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ]; 29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1818 - 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881) was the Emperor of Russia from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881, and also the King of Poland and the Grand Prince of Finland.
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