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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 reign began with the failed Decembrist revolt.
- 26 December 1825 (de facto) or 1 December 1825 (de jure) – 2 March 1855
- Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
Mar 28, 2024 · Nicholas I, Russian emperor (1825–55), 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.
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).
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. Confusion about the succession, combined with revolutionary sentiment fanned by the wars against Napoleon I and Alexander I 's repression of dissent in the last decade of his ...
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 of...
Nicholas I, Russian Nikolay Pavlovich, (born July 6, 1796, Tsarkoye Selo, near St. Petersburg, Russia—died March 2, 1855, St. Petersburg), Tsar of Russia (1825–55). He was the son of Paul I and was trained as an army officer. In 1825 he succeeded his brother Alexander I as emperor and suppressed the Decembrist revolt.
Nicholas I (Russian: Николай I Павлович, Nikolai I Pavlovich), July 6 (June 25, Old Style), 1796 – March 2 (18 February Old Style), 1855), was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs.
