About the book: 2012 / By the will of fate, this emperor found himself, as it were, in the shadow of other crowned rulers of Russia. In the memory of descendants are the great reforms of his father, Alexander II, the Tsar-Liberator, who died at the hands of the “People's Will.” Without exaggeration, the era of his son, Nicholas II, is legendary, containing everything that can generally happen in history - an era that ended with the martyrdom of the crowned family. But don’t rush into a dull schoolboy assessment of the seemingly discreet “period of counter-reforms of Alexander III.” On the pages of Elena Ivanovna Mayorova’s new book, you will see a titanic image of an emperor who raised the international prestige of the Fatherland to an unusually high level. The solution to the most complex political problems in the Balkans, the expansion of the borders of the empire in Central Asia and the Far East, the construction of the Siberian railway... And in the center of these intriguingly interesting, easily and meaningfully written stories is a straightforward, honest, simple in everyday life and firm in his convictions man, immensely loving family, subtle connoisseur of art - Russian Tsar Alexander III.