Rulers
Nicholas I
Codification and strict centralisation
Show on the timeline- Lifespan
- 1796 — 1855
- Reign
- 1825–1855
His accession was accompanied by the Decembrist uprising. Under Nicholas I the laws were codified, while bureaucratic government, political surveillance and censorship intensified. He died during the Crimean War, which exposed serious weaknesses in the state and the army.
- Dynasty
- Holstein-Gottorp-Romanovs
- Centre of power
- Russia
- Parents
- Paul I and Maria Feodorovna
- Wife
- Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)
- Heir
- Alexander II