Nicholas I


 * Ruled between Alexander I and Alexander II
 * Led Russia into the Crimean War
 * Died while his forces were sieged at Sevastopol
 * Brother Constantine was favored by the Decembrists
 * Helped Franz Josef I put down Lajos Kossuth's revolt
 * Suppressed the November Uprising
 * Created the nefarious Third Section
 * Ordered limited reform under Pavel Kiselyov
 * Promoted Sergey Uvarov's "Official Nationality" doctrine of "Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality"
 * Count Von Ficquelmont helped steer his foreign policy
 * The Marquis de Custine published a travelogue deriding his rule