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  1. Nicholas I [pron 1] (6 July [ O.S. 25 June] 1796 – 2 March [ O.S. 18 February] 1855) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland. He was the third son of Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I. Nicholas's thirty-year reign began with the failed Decembrist revolt.

  2. Jul 2, 2024 · Nicholas I, Russian emperor (182555), often considered the personification of classic autocracy. For his reactionary policies, he has been called the emperor who froze Russia for 30 years. Learn more about the life and significance of Tsar Nicholas I in this article.

  3. Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. Nicholas especially attended to education; he wished to clear it of everything politically dangerous and confine it to the upper class. He abolished the liberal university statutes of Alexander (1804).

  4. Nicholas I reign ended in a disastrous defeat in the Eastern War, but he was the person behind Russia’s industrial growth. “With all my courage, I could not withstand the terrible glare...

  5. Jul 2, 2024 · When he returned to Russia, the new emperor, Alexander II, made him a prince, named him president of both the state council and the council of ministers, and in 1858 appointed him chairman of a committee to investigate the problems of emancipating the serfs.

  6. Born: Gatchina, 25 June (6 July) 1796. Died: St. Petersburg, 18 February (2 March) 1855. Reigned: 1825-1855. In the 1820s, the Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich (the future Emperor Nicholas I) experienced a dramatic change of fate.

  7. May 21, 2018 · NICHOLAS I (1796–1855; ruled 1825–1855), emperor of Russia. Nicholas Pavlovich Romanov ascended Russia's throne in 1825 and immediately faced revolution and danger.

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