# Empress Marie Alexándrovna — Memoirs of a Revolutionist character guide

> Empress Marie Alexándrovna in Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Marie Alexándrovna, May, Empress Marie Alexándrovna, the Empress Marie

**First appearance:** 0014-i

## Who they are

Tsar Alexander II's wife, mentioned in court context.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/v)

The wife of the heir to the throne; protects Peter at the ball and lets him sleep in her lap.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/ii)

Arranged for the heir to attend algebra lessons to stimulate his learning.

### [Chapter IX: The Tsar and the Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/ix)

Described as sincere and sympathetic, she played a role in abolishing serfdom and founding girls' gymnasia, and protected the pedagogist Ushínsky.

### [St. Petersburg in the 1870s: The Reign of Reaction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/iv)

Abandoned by her husband, becomes a devotee and falls under the influence of a Jesuitic palace priest, supporting clerical control of schools.

### [The Struggle Intensifies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/viii)

The Empress is described as being neglected and abandoned by Alexander II during her final illness, despite her loyalty during his reform period.

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