What strategy did Czar Alexander I use?
Born in Saint Petersburg to Grand Duke Paul Petrovich later Paul I Alexander succeeded to the throne after his father was murdered. He ruled Russia during the chaotic period of the Napoleonic Wars. As prince and during the early years of his reign Alexander often used liberal rhetoric but continued Russia's absolutist policies in practice. In the first years of his reign he initiated some minor social …
Tsar Alexander I appointed general Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov commander-in-chief of the combined Russo-Austrian force. On 9 September 1805 Kutuzov arrived at the battlefield quickly contacting Francis I of Austria and his courtiers to discuss strategy and logistics. Under pressure from Kutuzov the Austrians agreed to supply munitions and ...
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The tsar decided to abolish serfdom from above setting up a new system whereby the state would be able to purchase farmland from the landowners and sell it to the freed serfs. The Tsar told Moscow nobles: "Better that the reform should come from above than wait until serfdom is abolished from below." Historians have debated Alexander's role. Soviet era historians downplayed him as they believed …
Girs was usually successful in restraining the aggressive inclinations of Tsar Alexander convincing him that the very survival of the Tsarist system depended on avoiding major wars. With a deep insight into the tsar's moods and views Girs was usually able to shape the final decisions by outmaneuvering hostile journalists ministers and even the Tsarina as well as his own ambassadors.
Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич tr. Aleksandr II Nikolayevich IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ]; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was the Emperor of Russia King of Pola...
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