Nicholas I came to the throne under peculiar circumstances. He was not the heir and still he received the crown peaceably and by the consent of the man who might presumably have come to the throne and still preferred not to. This singular example of self-abnegation is worthy of explanation.
The Emperor Alexander and his wife had only two children, both daughters, who died in infancy. Of his three brothers, Nicholas, Constantine and Michael, were two, nineteen and twenty-one years younger respectively. The order of succession having been established by the ukase of Paul, the crown naturally devolved on Constantine.
The Fight for the Bosphorus
The Childhood of Constantine
Becomes Governor of Poland
A Marriage of Convenience
Constantine Relinquishes His Title
Constantine Proclaimed Emperor
Death And Exile
An Absolute Despot
The Imperial Catechism
Rigid Press Censorship
The Eastern Question
Nicholas Issues an Ultimatum to the Porte
The Spirit of Revolution
The Rebellion at Warsaw
The Coalition of the Great Powers
The Schemes of the Russian Emperor
Russia Face to Face with Europe
Tired of the Situation
The Crimean War Begins
Balaklava and Inkermann
Death of Nicholas
A Bad Outlook for the New Emperor
The Evacuation of Sebastopol
The Result of the Crimean War
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