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Also known as: Nikolay Pavlovich
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Russian in full:
Nikolay Pavlovich
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 (aged 58)
Title / Office:
emperor (1825-1855), Russia
tsar (1825-1855), Russia
House / Dynasty:
Romanov dynasty
Notable Family Members:
spouse Alexandra
father Paul
son Alexander II
brother Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich
brother Alexander I
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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 birth, following the death of Catherine II the Great, Nicholas’s father became Emperor Paul I of Russia. Nicholas had three brothers, two of whom, the ...(100 of 2775 words)

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