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ANNOUNCEMENT
"I wanted to leave a peaceful, settled and happy kingdom...": the internal policy of Emperor Nicholas I
Date: 29.10.2025
Time: 10:30-11:00
2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the reign of Emperor Nicholas I. As the third son of Emperor Paul I, he was not supposed to occupy the throne of the Russian Empire, but fate decreed otherwise. During his reign, he had to face various difficulties regarding the management of a huge country. During the webinar, based on the materials included in the Presidential Library's collection, biographical information from the life of the emperor will be presented, characterizing his personality, as well as the reforms carried out during the reign of Nicholas I (codification of the laws of the Russian Empire by M.M. Speransky, reform of state peasants by P.D. Kiselyov, financial reform by E.F. Kankrin, "The Decree on obligated peasants" and other changes in the field of the peasant question, the construction of railways, etc.). These transformations contributed to the development of the Russian Empire and brought the reforms of the next Emperor Alexander II closer.
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