Alexander III was tsar of Russia from 1881 until his death in 1894. As ruler, he sought to counteract what he considered the excessive liberalism of his father's reign and pursued a reactionary policy that promoted Russification and the persecution of religious minorities. A protectionist economic policy enabled rapid industrial development and helped spread Marxist and social democratic ideas throughout Russia. To which of Alexander's relatives was his wife, Dagmar, originally engaged?

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