Three Alexander's and a Nicholas In Between

Russian Rulers History Podcast

Mark Schauss

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🗓️ 2 January 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The three Tsar's named Alexander and Nicholas I, helped steer their dynasty towards its doom. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/support

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0:00.0	And the The Welcome to Russian History Retold, episode 180, 3 Alexanders and a Nicholas in between. Last time we discussed which path Tsar would have been able to
0:46.0	save the Romanovs replacing the ill-fated Nicholas II. This time I will assess
0:52.0	the rule of the four Tsars who preceded the last Romanov and those who I believe were to blame for the collapse of the regime.
1:00.0	The fall of the Romanovs cannot rest on the shoulders of one person, namely Nicholas II.
1:07.0	No matter how many false and flaws he had, he was put into a very bad situation that, as I recounted last episode, few of the previous
1:16.4	Russian rulers would have turned around.
1:19.9	If you believe that Russian autocracy under the Tsars reached its apex under Catherine the Great, you would be with the majority of historians, including me.
1:29.0	Given that, the slide begins with her son Paul, who I will deal with in the next
1:34.8	podcast. The four czars after him should shoulder much of the blame for the
1:40.0	decline. Of course the blame is not equally spread amongst the three
1:45.2	Alexanders and one Nicholas. Alexander the first, of course, dealt admirably with
1:50.4	Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and Alexander II, the great liberator, freed the serfs,
1:57.0	and was on the precipice of granting the country a constitutional monarchy when he was assassinated in 1881.
2:05.6	The two I-lawy, the majority of the blame for the full of the Romanos, are Nicholas the first
2:11.2	and his grandson Alexander the third.
2:15.0	Zar Alexander the first was elevated to the throne after the murderer's father Paul
2:20.0	during a coup led by Count Peter Palin in 1801. The death would haunt
2:26.3	him throughout his reign and I believe it is the reason that he faked his
2:30.2	death and became the monk Fyodor Kuzmich. The murder was also exploited by his
2:36.8	arch nemesis Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1804 Napoleon had the Duke to Ongheim, kidnapped and executed.
2:46.0	Alexander was a guest as he wondered how some lowborn Corsican would dare lay his hands on a hybrid, let alone have him killed.
2:56.4	The Zor protested, but the French leader reminded him that no one was punished for the
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