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Portrait of Nicholas I, tsar of Russia, shown in military uniform with epaulettes and medals, facing slightly to the side with a mustache and receding hairline. Decembrist uprising
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Nicholas I

tsar of Russia
Also known as: Nikolay Pavlovich
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Nicholas V. Riasanovsky
Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of European History, University of California, Berkeley. Author of The History of Russia and others.
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky
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Nicholas I (born July 6 [June 25, Old Style], 1796, Tsarskoye Selo [now Pushkin], near St. Petersburg, Russia—died February 18 [March 2, New Style], 1855, St. Petersburg) was a 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. Nicholas was the son of Grand Duke Paul and Grand Duchess Maria. Some three and a half months after his...

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