Nicholas I

Nicholas I 1796-1855.

Czar of Russia (1825-1855) who suppressed the Decembrist movement and led Russia into the Crimean War (1853-1856).

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Nicholas I

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1. (Biographies / Nicholas I, Saint (death date: 867) M, Italian, RELIGION: clergyman, RELIGION: pope, RELIGION: saint) Saint, called the Great. died 867 ad, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (858-867). He championed papal supremacy. Feast day: Nov. 13

2. (Biographies / Nicholas I (1796-1855) M, Russian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1796-1855, tsar of Russia (1825-55). He gained notoriety for his autocracy and his emphasis on military discipline and bureaucracy

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Nicholas I - czar of Russia from 1825 to 1855 who led Russia into the Crimean War (1796-1855) Czar Nicholas I Russia - a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917