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Below average intelligence, below average talents and abilities, but a wonderful, kind, honest man... What was the highest-ranking prisoner of Russia, Alexander III, really like? What was the country like when "...the wizard in power seemed to be full of strength, which was clamped in a useless knot by an iron hand..."? How was Russia frozen by conservatism? And why is "forward" not the path to a Constitution, but the path to a merciless autocracy. Would the country have had Lenin if there had been no Alexander III? 0:00 - the failed revolution from above, which could have prevented the revolution from below 5:32 - how Alexander III ascended the throne 8:55 - the Empire's turn back. "A Constitution? What is that?" 10:35 - Alexander and Nicholas 16:09 - Alexander and Princess Meshcherskaya 20:35 - the story of Nicholas. The Romanovs say goodbye to Nicholas in Nice 23:34 - Danish princess Dagmar. Nicholas's last speeches 25:30 - Alexander III and Dagmar 30:20 - Pobedonostsev's influence on Alexander. "I will lead him to the other pole" 35:26 - "The Sacred Squad" protecting the Tsar from revolutionaries. P.A.Cherevin 39:02 - Why didn't Alexander II expel Pobedonostsev? 41:50 - The reaction of the royal family to the great love of Nicholas and Alix 42:55 - Aphorisms of Alexander III 44:25 - S.Yu. Witte and Alexander III 46:00 - what Alexander did not explain to Nicholas II 48:19 - what kind of statesman Alexander III was 52:26 - Alexander's life in Gatchina 57:00 - the Tsar's premonition of danger October 2021 Scandal in a noble family • Scandal in a noble family. Edva... How a world catastrophe was looming. • How a world catastrophe was looming #alexander3 #history #radzinsky