Nicholas I, emperor and autocrat of all the Russias
By: W. Bruce Lincoln.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780253340597
Subjects: Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855.; Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.; Russia -- History -- Nicholas I, 1825-1855.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [395]-414.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A note on Russian names and dates; title: Part one : Prologue. 1825 : the Emperor is dead! Long live the Emperor!; title: The education of a drill-master; title: Part two : Genesis. The genesis of the Nicholas system; title: The heritage of the holy alliance; title: Part three : Absolutism triumphant. The apogee of autocracy; title: Europe's gendarme emerges; title: Part four : The attack begins. Nicholas and Russia's intellectuals; title: The year 1848; title: Part five : Denouement. The last years of the Nicholas system; title: The last act : the Crimean War