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Perhaps no ruler left more of an impression upon nineteenth-century Russia than did the Emperor Nicholas I, for the origins of nearly every major change or event during the last century of Romanov rule can be traced to his reign. Certainly Nicholas was an imposing figure. Many Russians admired, even venerated him; others saw him as the personification of oppression. But none who lived during his thirty-year reign could remain indifferent to the force of his personality and the system which he developed.This present study, among other things, redresses the balance to some extent in Nicholas’s favour. Certainly it is not intended as an apology for Russia’s firm, sometimes cruel, Emperor. It is, however, an effort to view Nicholas as his contemporaries saw him and, given the distance of some 150 years since his accession, to place him and his policies in a more balanced hist

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Author

W. Bruce Lincoln

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253340597

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities