On 1st March, 1881, Alexander was traveling in a closed carriage, from Mikhailovsky Palace to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. An armed Cossack sat with the coach-driver and another six Cossacks followed on More
1861. Russian peasants thank emperor Alexander II for the liberation from serfdom on February 19. 1861. Русские крестьяне благодарят императора Александра II за освобождение от крепостной зависимости 19 февраля.