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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 in the first Treaty of Tilsit after a defeat at the Battle of Friedland. After that ruler (10[1])with this name died, (10[1])a group of liberal revolutionaries fought for the accession of his brother Konstantin, sparking the Decembrist revolt. Under a ruler with this name, local assemblies known as zemstvo were created. A reformist tsar with this name ruled Russia (10[1]-5[1])from 1855 until his 1881 assassination. For 10 points, what first name was shared by three 19th-century tsars of Russia, (-5[1])including one who emancipated the serfs in 1861? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Alexander [accept Alexander I or Alexander II or Alexander the Liberator]
<Editors, European History> | Packet F
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Mitchell HackettCentral Oklahoma ANebraska A1410
John Henry RobersonTulsa BRose State3910
Jarrod CurlTulsa AKansas State B4310
Nolan KingNebraska CKansas State A81-5
Lena JurikOklahomaHarding8110
Benjamin AllenCentral Oklahoma BNebraska B101-5
Graham DirksKansas State ANebraska C1100

Summary

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Northern CaliforniaUS475%25%88.00
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%29%58.00
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%46.25
Eastern Canada (2)US989%33%70.25
FloridaUS475%25%45.00
Great LakesUS10100%10%52.90
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS989%11%53.13
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%33%66.56
MidwestUS989%33%68.00
NorthUS4100%25%79.75
NortheastUS12100%0%54.00
PacificUS888%38%57.00
South CentralUS667%33%44.25
SoutheastUS12100%17%57.00
Upstate NYUS4100%25%74.25