Tsar Alexander I of Russia, who had…

1816 CE to 1827 CE

Tsar Alexander I of Russia, who had become known as the 'savior of Europe' after the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815,had  presided over the redrawing of the map of Europe at the Congress of Vienna (1814–15), which made him the king of Congress Poland.

He had formed the Holy Alliance with Austria and Prussia, to suppress revolutionary movements in Europe that he sees as immoral threats to legitimate Christian monarchs.

He helps Austria's Klemens von Metternich in suppressing all national and liberal movements.

Although the Russian Empire will play a leading political role as late as 1848, its retention of serfdom precludes economic progress of any significant degree.

As West European economic growth accelerates during the Industrial Revolution, sea trade and colonialism which had begun in the second half of the eighteenth century, Russia begins to lag ever farther behind, undermining its ability to field strong armies.

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St Peterburg > St Petersburg Sankt-Peterburg Russia View →

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Alexander I of Russia View → Klemens von Metternich View → Napoleon View → Nicholas I View →

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Industrial Revolution, First View → Decembrist revolt View →

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