Nicholas I of Russia
Nicholas I (Russian: Никола́й I Па́влович, tr. Nikoláy I Pávlovich, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈɫaj ˈpʲervɨj ˈpavɫəvʲɪt͡ɕ]; 6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1796 – 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1855) was the Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1825 until 1855. He was the third son of Paul I.[1]
| Nicholas I | |||||
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| Emperor of Russia | |||||
| 1 December 1825 – 2 March 1855 | |||||
| 3 September 1826 | |||||
| Predecessor | Alexander I | ||||
| Successor | Alexander II | ||||
| Born | 6 July 1796 Gatchina Palace, Gatchina, Russian Empire | ||||
| Died | 2 March 1855 (aged 58) Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
| Burial | Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
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| House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | ||||
| Father | Paul I of Russia | ||||
| Mother | Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) | ||||
| Religion | Russian Orthodox | ||||
| Signature | .PNG){kind=small} | ||||
Nicholas I Of Russia Media
Portrait of Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich (c. 1808), by anonymous painter after Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, located in the Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
Imperial Monogram of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, Variant
Nicholas I with Alexander II in Bogdan Willewalde's studio in Saint Petersburg in 1854, oil on canvas, State Russian Museum
The Russian-American Company's capital at New Archangel (present-day Sitka, Alaska) in 1837
Nicholas I in an equestrian portrait
The Battle of Navarino, in October 1827, marked the effective end of Ottoman rule in Greece.
Capture of Erivan fortress by Russian troops under leadership of Ivan Paskevich in 1827 during the Russo-Persian War
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References
- ↑ Nicholas Riasanovsky, Nicholas I and Official Nationality in Russia, 1825–1855 (1959). p. 3.
Other websites
- Bolsover, George H. "Nicholas I and the Partition of Turkey." Slavonic and East European Review (1948): 115-145 online.
- Cannady, Sean, and Paul Kubicek. "Nationalism and legitimation for authoritarianism: A comparison of Nicholas I and Vladimir Putin." Journal of Eurasian Studies 5.1 (2014): 1-9 online.
- Crisp, Olga. "The state peasants under Nicholas I." Slavonic and East European Review 37.89 (1959): 387-412 online.
- Curtiss, John Shelton. "The Army of Nicholas I: Its Role and Character." American Historical Review 63.4 (1958): 880-889 online.