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Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I of Russia, nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825. He ruled Russia during the period of the Napoleonic Wars.
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politics · Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825 · monarch · also Alexander I of Russia, Alexander the Blessed, Alexander I, Russia
Born 12 December 1777 · Died 19 November 1825 · Q15193
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If someone cuts off your arm, no doubt you would shout and cry in paint; last night I was deprived of Speransky and he was my right arm. [...] You will examine [his] papers but you will find nothing; he was not a traitor
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2026· 14 entries
The Guardian: Europe calls out Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ in public. But how can it make Putin pay?
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The Guardian: Leipzig airport attack fallout exposes Germany’s deepening divide over Russia
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The Guardian: Ukrainian film-maker criticises EU after it cuts Venice Biennale funding over Russia controversy
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The Guardian: Germany blames Russia for drone attack at Leipzig airport
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“therefore the world is not large enough to come to an understanding on the affairs of Poland, if it is a question of its restoration”
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The Guardian: Ukraine ‘offering Russia deal to halt attacks on civilian ships in Black Sea’
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The Guardian: Russia frees ex-US marine four years after sentence disputed by his family
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The Guardian: Ukraine war briefing: Russia bans voting against the war
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The Guardian: Ukraine drone strike on oil refinery deep inside Russia kills at least 13
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The Guardian: US intelligence ‘believes Russia was behind Leipzig airport drone bomb’
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The Guardian: Ukraine confirms strikes on oil refinery in Russia’s Tatarstan – as it happened
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The Guardian: Ukraine war briefing: North Korea sending 50,000 troops to Russia – Zelenskyy
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The Guardian: Ukraine war briefing: Turkey calls for ‘moratorium’ on Black Sea attacks by Russia and Ukraine
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2018· 1 entry
Production Napoleon by Stanley Kubrick (The Greatest Movie Never Made) adapted from Stanley Kubrick’s screenplay for stage Alexander was played by Bart Philly
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2014· 1 entry
Japanese musical production Napoleon: The Man Who Never Sleeps by Takarazuka Revue Alexander was played by Mao Yuuki and Sazanami Reira
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1988· 1 entry
Japanese musical production War and Peace by Takarazuka Revue Alexander was played by You Akira, Uzuki Kei and Minoru Kou
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1825· 10 entries
Died 1825-11-19.
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“Si Alexandre était une femme, j'en ferais mon maîtresse. (fr.)”
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“L'imperatore amava le forme della libertà come si amano gli spettacoli: si compiaceva a vedere rappresentate le apparenze di un governo libero delle quali si vantava; ma voleva soltanto le forme e le apparenze, e non intendeva affatto ch'esse si trasformassero in realtà. (Adam Jerzy Czartoryski)”
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“La Santa Alleanza non fu se non l'espressione dei sentimenti dell'Imperatore Alessandro; e sbocciò scaldata dall'alito del Bergasse e della signora di Krüdener. (Klemens von Metternich)”
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“Sarebbe difficile avere più spirito di quanto ne ha l'imperatore Alessandro; ma trovo che nel suo carattere manca un pezzo e mi è impossibile scoprire di che pezzo si tratti. (Napoleone Bonaparte)”
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“Gdyby był kobietą, myślę, że kochałbym się w niej.”
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“If someone cuts off your arm, no doubt you would shout and cry in paint; last night I was deprived of Speransky and he was my right arm. [...] You will examine [his] papers but you will find nothing; he was not a traitor”
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“Opis: o koronacji Aleksandra I.”
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“Opis: Napoleon I do Józefiny, podczas Tylży.”
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“Al termine di una grande guerra, le speranze degli uomini si riversano su uno tra i vincitori quale possibile campione delle loro mire idealistiche. Dopo la caduta di Napoleone, simile parte fu offerta per acclamazione popolare allo zar Alessandro, il quale la accettò con premura. Bisogna dire che i suoi rivali in questa supremazia morale non erano moralmente troppo formidabili. (Bertrand Russell)”
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1823· 1 entry
The 1817–1824 cholera pandemic reached Astrakhan, and the Tsar ordered an anti-cholera campaign that was imitated in other countries
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1822· 1 entry
Issued orders that a deputation from the Greek Morea province to the Congress of Verona be turned back on the road
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1818· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William (1818).
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1815· 1 entry
From the end of the year 1818 Alexander's views began to change
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1814· 1 entry
Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1814).
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1813· 1 entry
Awarded Iron Cross (1813), 2nd class (1813).
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1812· 2 entries
The Sixth Coalition was formed with Russia, Prussia, Great Britain, Sweden, Spain, and other nations
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When Napoleon's invasion of Russia descended into a catastrophe for the French
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1810· 1 entry
Withdrew Russia from the Continental System and trade between Britain and Russia grew
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1809· 3 entries
Was widely rumoured to have had an affair with the Finnish noblewoman Ulla Möllersvärd and to have had a child by her, but this is not confirmed
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Declared plainly that he would not allow the Austrian Empire to be crushed out of existence
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After Sweden's refusal to join the Continental System
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1808· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1808).
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1805· 1 entry
Joined Britain in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon, but after suffering massive defeats at the battles of Austerlitz and Friedland, he switched sides and formed an alliance with Napoleon in the Treaty o
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1803· 1 entry
Beethoven dedicated his Opus 30 Violin Sonata to Alexander who in response gave the famous composer a diamond at the Congress of Vienna where they met in 1814
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1801· 4 entries
Alexander appointed Pavel Tsitsianov, a die-hard Russian imperialist of Georgian origin, as Russian commander in chief of the Caucasus
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And created a new social category of "free ploughman", for peasants voluntarily emancipated by their masters, in 1803
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A subject of Persia for centuries, and the incorporation of the Derbent Khanate as well quickly thereafter, Alexander was determined to increase and maintain Russian influence in the strategically valuable Caucasus regio
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Career landmark: Emperor of all the Russias (1801–1825).
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1777· 1 entry
Born 1777-12-12.
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