Round 6: Tossup 9

The Narodnik movement agitated against a ruler with this name who oversaw the Circassian genocide. (10[1])Another ruler with this name allied with Napoleon (10[1])in the first Treaty of Tilsit after a defeat at the Battle of Friedland. After that ruler with this name died, a group of (10[1])liberal revolutionaries fought (10[1])for the accession of his brother Konstantin, sparking (-5[1])the Decembrist revolt. Under a ruler with this name, local assemblies known as zemstvo were (-5[1])created. A reformist tsar with this name (10[1])ruled Russia from 1855 until his 1881 (10[1])assassination. For 10 points, what first name was shared by three 19th-century tsars of Russia, including one who emancipated the serfs in 1861? ■END■ (10[1])

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