This document summarizes important events and developments in Russia between 1815 and 1914. It discusses the end of serfdom in 1861 and assassination of Alexander II in 1881. It also outlines Russia's enemies like the UK and Japan, and allies like the UK against Napoleon. The most influential leaders were Alexander III, who encouraged industrial expansion, and Alexander II, the longest ruler. Russia's government was an autocracy led by the Czar, and its power expanded through industrialization and construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.