History of Russia: Exhibition devoted to Emperor Alexander I opened in Kursk

On January 20, 2021, the Kursk Regional Local Lore Museum launched the exhibition "He Captured Paris, He Founded the Lyceum...".

The exhibition spotlights the bright personality of Emperor Alexander I. It focuses on his growth as a sovereign, internal reforms and the main directions of foreign policy.

The central exhibit is a portrait of Alexander I by the German artist Franz Kruger. It determines the concept of the entire exposition. In 2019, this painting from the Rylsk Local Lore Museum (a branch of the Kursk Regional Local Lore Museum) was sent for restoration to the Centre for the Restoration of Museum Collections (Moscow). The portrait was in poor condition - rolled and had various damages to the canvas and paint. The restorers managed to revive the work of German artist.

The ceremonial portrait depicts Alexander I and the troops of the 6th anti-Napoleonic coalition, attacking Paris on March 30, 1814.

The portrait represents the emperor at the moment of his triumph. The museum exhibits illustrate the first period of Alexander I's reign and his way to power and glory.

The exposition presents items from various museum collections, related to the early XIX century - paintings and graphics, weapons and phaleristics, glass and ceramics, numismatics and art metal, church and civil books.