Round 4: Tossup 9

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

ANSWER: Alexander [accept Alexander I or Alexander II or Alexander the Liberator]
<Editors, European History> | Packet F
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