Successful assassination of Tsar Alexander II, 1866

Okay, Alexander II was assassinated in 1881, but what might've happened if he had been killed earlier, in 1866, by Dmitry Karakazov? I don't much of the situation, but I am aware that the younger Alexander was a Slavophile, a man with an ideal of a rather homogenous culture. In comparison, Alexander the older was pro-German and all that. This is inspired by the "No Alaska Purchase" thread, and I assume that the nationalist Alexander III would not have sold Alaska to the United States - that said, he would have become tsar at a much earlier time, as a younger man, and I wonder if his political views would have been the same or similar? Being young and naive, is it possible that other prominent Russian political figures could have influenced decisions? (I don't know who they would be.)

I'd like to make a realistic timeline from 1866 and onward, and the geopolitical consequences of Russia holding onto Alaska are important to that. However, it's evident that there would be many more butterflies than that. How would European politics be affected? How would the Russian domestic situation be affected?
 
I don't much of the situation, but I am aware that the younger Alexander was a Slavophile, a man with an ideal of a rather homogenous culture. In comparison, Alexander the older was pro-German and all that.

Well there are a lot fewer reasons for a Russo-German rivalry in 1866 than in 1881. I expect Alexander III to continue his father's pro-Prussian and anti-French orientation. But Bismarck's rapprochement with A-H in the early 1870s might make him suspicious of Germany earlier than in OTL, so he'd be less likely to accept Otto's "friendly" arbitration at Berlin in 1878.

What might happen is that the next Russo-Turkish war might start earlier, maybe as early as the revolt in Herzegovina, and the tsar might escalate it to the point where Britain would intervene.

This is inspired by the "No Alaska Purchase" thread, and I assume that the nationalist Alexander III would not have sold Alaska to the United States - that said, he would have become tsar at a much earlier time, as a younger man, and I wonder if his political views would have been the same or similar?QUOTE]

Alaska seemed like a waste of funds at that time and the Russian government had been trying to get rid of it since the 1850s. Better to get some money for it than have the British seize it in time of war. I don't think the new Alexander would really oppose the sale.
 
- that said, he [Alexander III] would have become tsar at a much earlier time, as a younger man, and I wonder if his political views would have been the same or similar? Being young and naive, is it possible that other prominent Russian political figures could have influenced decisions? (I don't know who they would be.)

By 1866 he is already being tutored by Konstantin Pobedonostsev, who was said to have strongly influenced his (and Nicholas II's) views in OTL.
 
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