On March 4, a Series of Events were Arranged in Moscow in Celebration of the 150-th Anniversary of the Emancipation of Russian Serfs by Emperor Alexander II, Tsar-Liberator

On Friday, March 4 (February 19 according to the Julian Calendar), 2011, on the very day 150 years ago when Emperor Alexander II signed the Manifesto emancipating Russia’s serfs, a ceremonial unveiling of a statue of the Tsar-Liberator took place on the campus of the Russian State Trade and Economic University (Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi torgovo-ekonomicheskii universitet, or RGTEU), an institution which enjoys the patronage of the Head of the Russian Imperial house, Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Wladimirovna.

The statue is the design of Artist-Laureate of Russia, Aleksandr Alekseevich Apollonov.

The statue was cast by the construction and architectural firm “SMiK” as part of a larger project called “The Avenue of Russian Glory.” The event was arranged by the Academic Council of the RGTEU, with the full support of the Grand Duchess, as part of the celebrations of the 150-th anniversary of the Great Reform of 1861.

The statue was co-sponsored by the Russian social and civic group “For Faith and Fatherland,” and by the international charity “Center for the Social Support of our Countrymen.”

The address for the building at the RGTEU where the unveiling will take place is: Moscow, ul. Smol’naia, d. 36, in the Rechnoi vokzal district of the city.

The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10:00AM.

Later on the same day, March 4, RGTEU, the Russian Nobility Association, and the group “For Faith and Fatherland” will hold a conference entitled “The Monarchical Idea in the Twenty-First Century,” which is devoted to Alexander II’s Great Reforms.

The theme of the conference is: “The Russian Experience of Reform. On the 150-th Anniversary of Alexander II’s Manifesto Emancipating Russia’s Serfs.”

The organizers of the conference hope not only to shed light on the historical significance of the reform abolishing serfdom in Russia, but also to assess and compare Russian reforms of the middle and late 19-th century with the reforms that came later, including liberal reforms of the end of the 20-th and early 21-st centuries, of which everyone today are eyewitnesses.

At the conference, historians, philosophers, economists, political scientists, writers, and state, religious and civic leaders—all representing academic institutions, church and social institutions, and the Chancellery of the Russian Imperial House—will give presentations and share their views and perspectives on the themes of the conference.

The chairman of the organizational committee is the well-known state and civic figure, the dean of RGTEU, Professor of Law S. N. Baburin.

The conference will take place in the conference hall of the College of Industry and Economics of the RGTEU, which can be contacted at the following address: Moscow, Bol’shoi Trekhgornyi pereulok, d. 11, in the Krasnaia Presnia district of the city, near metro station “Ulitsa 1905 goda [1905 Street]”

The conference will begin at noon.

Registration for participants and guests begins at 11:00AM.

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