Nicholas I of Russia
1796 – 1855 Russian Emperor of Russia
The conservative tsar whose creed was Orthodoxy, autocracy, and nationality.
- Religion
- Devout Russian Orthodox; made 'Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality' the official doctrine of his reign.
- Affiliations
- House of Romanov; crushed the Decembrist revolt on his accession in 1825; fought the Crimean War.
Nicholas I began his reign by crushing the Decembrist uprising and ruled as a strict autocrat for thirty years. His government promoted the doctrine of Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality and policed dissent closely. Russia's defeat in the Crimean War exposed the empire's backwardness by the time of his death.
Connections
- family of Alexander I of Russia — His elder brother, whom he succeeded.
- family of Alexander I of Russia — His younger brother, who succeeded him amid the Decembrist revolt.
- family of Alexander II of Russia — His father and predecessor.
- family of Alexander II of Russia — His son and successor, the reforming tsar.