fwo_1012020 - RUSSIA - ALEXANDER II Polushka 1855 Varsovie
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Type : Polushka
Date: 1855
Mint name / Town : Varsovie
Quantity minted : 40000
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,22 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Monogramme couronné d’Alexandre II.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE 1855.
Reverse description : au centre en deux lignes sous une couronne.
Historical background
RUSSIA - ALEXANDER II
(2/03/1855-13/03/1881)
Alexander II Nikolaevich (29/04/1818-13/03/1881), son of Nicolas and Alexandra of Prussia, succeeded his father, ended the Crimean War and signed the Treaty of Paris. Reformer, he emancipates the serfs and tries to modernize the country. Autocrat, he crushed the Polish revolt of 1863. Politically, he favored pan-Slavism and fought effectively against Turkey, which he crushed in 1876-1878. The Treaty of San Stefano and the Congress of Berlin in 1878 marked Russia's resounding return to the international political scene. The Russians and Austro-Hungarians now control the Balkans. Alexander II perished by a bomb near the Mikhailovsky Palace in 1881.
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