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PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press

ISBN-100978720113

ISBN-139780978720117

eBay Product ID (ePID)71183634

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Book TitleTsar and the President : Alexander II and Abraham Lincoln, Liberator and Emancipator

Number of Pages112 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Presidents & Heads of State, American / General, Russian & Former Soviet Union, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorMarilyn Pfeifer Swezey

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight18.4 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width5.9 in

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Reviews"A revelation, not only for a better understanding of their times, but of our own."-James M. McPherson, author ofBattle Cry of Freedom, "A revelation, not only for a better understanding of their times, but of our own."--James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom, "A revelation, not only for a better understanding of their times, but of our own."-James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom

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Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Prologue Dr. James H. Billington Foreword The Hon. James W. Symington Introduction Alexander P. Potemkin Time Line, Emperor Alexander II Time Line, Abraham Lincoln The Tsar and the President Marilyn P. Swezey Alexander II, Tsar-Liberator Andrei D. Yanovskiy Accession to Power and the Coronation Ludmila M. Kanaeva The Tsar's Special Attribute Tatiana F. Bulgakova Lincoln in Life John Sellers The Naval Mission to Russia of Gustavus Vasa Fox Edward Kasinec with Robert Davis, Jr. Lincoln and Slavery James O. Horton A Royal Visit: The Grand Duke Alexis in the United States Suzanne Massie The Final Years of the Tsar-Liberator Ludmila M. Kanaeva Excerpts from historic letters and dispatches Checklist of Objects

SynopsisIn 1861 Abraham Lincoln had just been inaugurated as the sixteenth President of the United States. Fort Sumter had surrendered to Confederate forces, and soon the Civil War would tear the nation in two. Half a world away in Russia, Tsar Alexander II proclaimed his Manifesto liberating twenty million serfs, one of the most transformative legislative acts in Russia s history. Alexander s liberating reforms would soon be mirrored by Lincoln s Emancipation Proclamation, freeing Americans held in slavery. "The Tsar and the President," a companion volume to a museum exhibition, documents the fascinating parallels in the lives of Alexander II and Abraham Lincoln, lives that each ended in assassination. Though separated by upbringing, class, rise to power, and geographical distance, Lincoln and Alexander II were both reformist leaders who faced violent dissent on the homefront. This book features nine essays by historians that examine the diplomatic relations between Russia and the United States in the 1860s, the similar challenges faced by Alexander and Lincoln, and each leader s early years, path to office, vow to liberate, and tragic assassination. The volume includes excerpts from diplomatic dispatches and letters and more than fifty paintings, portraits, illustrations, and photographs of artifacts related to Russian-American relations of the era.", The Tsar and the President , a companion volume to a museum exhibition, documents the fascinating parallels in the lives of Alexander II and Abraham Lincoln, lives that each ended in assassination. Though separated by upbringing, class, rise to power, and geographical distance, Lincoln and Alexander II were both reformist leaders who faced violent dissent on the homefront., In 1861 Abraham Lincoln had just been inaugurated as the sixteenth President of the United States. Fort Sumter had surrendered to Confederate forces, and soon the Civil War would tear the nation in two. Half a world away in Russia, Tsar Alexander II proclaimed his Manifesto liberating twenty million serfs, one of the most transformative legislative acts in Russia's history. Alexander's liberating reforms would soon be mirrored by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, freeing Americans held in slavery. The Tsar and the President , a companion volume to a museum exhibition, documents the fascinating parallels in the lives of Alexander II and Abraham Lincoln, lives that each ended in assassination. Though separated by upbringing, class, rise to power, and geographical distance, Lincoln and Alexander II were both reformist leaders who faced violent dissent on the homefront. This book features nine essays by historians that examine the diplomatic relations between Russia and the United States in the 1860s, the similar challenges faced by Alexander and Lincoln, and each leader's early years, path to office, vow to liberate, and tragic assassination. The volume includes excerpts from diplomatic dispatches and letters and more than fifty paintings, portraits, illustrations, and photographs of artifacts related to Russian-American relations of the era.