Alexander aiva akabudirira zvikuru Russian muvandudzi kubva Peter Mukuru, uye akanga mutoro dzakawanda kuchinja kunze abolishing serfdom. Iye reorganised yezvemitemo hurongwa, kugadzwa akasarudzwa veko vatongi, abolishing rufu, kusimudzira omunharaunda kuzvitonga kuburikidza zemstvo hurongwa, kupomera mukuru muchiuto basa, kugumisa dzimwe ropafadzo dzamadzimambo, uye kusimudzira mumayunivhesiti. In wokumwe mutemo, akatengesa Alaska kuUnited States muna 1867, vachitya kure chitsuwa aizowira mumaoko vokuBritain kana paiva hondo. Iye modernized uto hurongwa. Akatsvaka rugare, uye akatamira kure bellicose France apo Napoleon III.
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