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He was born in St Petersburg and was the second son of Tsar Alexander 2nd
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Nicholas is Alexander iii's older brother, who was to succeed to the throne. When Alexander iii's brother died Alexander iii became the heir to the throne.
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He wed the princess of Denmark. Which was originally his brothers wife, but when Tsar Alenxander iii's brother was on his deathbed he insisted that he marry his wife.
They had 5 children (Nicholas,George,Xenia,Michael,Olga) (in that order) -
Tsar Alexander iii's son (Nicholas) was born. Nicholas later becomes Alexander iii's succesor.
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It was the eve of the signing into Russia's first constituion.
Revolutionaries assasinated Alexander iii's father. -
Tsar Alexander iii was badly shaken by his father's death. Because of this his discisions were strongly affected.
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The "Peoples Will" successfully assassinated Tsar Alexander iii's father in 1881. They had planned numerous but unsuccessful assassinations of Tsar Alexander iii. Aleksandr Ulyanov (one of the conspirators) was caught during one of the attempts and then later sentenced to death, and then hung.
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The train derailed when Tsar Alexander iii and his family were eating dinner. Tsar Alexander iii lifted off the roof of the car (after they wrecked) so that the family could get out. This happened on the Borki train when the family was on route to Saint Petersburg from Crimea.
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He survived many assasination attempts but ended up dieing from Nephritis.
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After Tsar Alexander iii died his son Nicholas ii took over his spot as russian tsar.
