1796 - 1855
Nicholas I (6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1796 – 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1855) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. He was the third son of Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I. Nicholas's reign began with the failed Decembrist revolt. He is mainly remembered in history as a reactionary whose controversial reign was marked by geographical expansion, centralisation of administrative policies and repression of dissent. Nicholas had a happy marriage that produced a large family; all of their seven children survived childhood.Nicholas's biographer Nicholas V. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicholas I of Russia has received more than 4,824,204 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Nicholas I of Russia is the 180th most popular politician (up from 237th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Russia (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Politician.
Nicholas I was the emperor of Russia from 1825-1855. He is most famous for his reactionary policies and his use of censorship.
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Among politicians, Nicholas I of Russia ranks 180 out of 15,577. Before him are Reinhard Heydrich, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Suleiman II, Thutmose III, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Charles I of Austria. After him are Orhan, George H. W. Bush, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Kublai Khan, Alp Arslan, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1904 - 1942
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 174
1194 - 1250
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 175
1642 - 1691
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 176
1481 BC - 1425 BC
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 177
1459 - 1519
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 178
1887 - 1922
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 179
1796 - 1855
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 180
1288 - 1362
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 181
1924 - 2018
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 182
115 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 183
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 184
1029 - 1072
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 185
1741 - 1790
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 186
Among people born in 1796, Nicholas I of Russia ranks 1. After him are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Adolphe Quetelet, Michael Thonet, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Jakob Steiner, Franz Berwald, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Carl Loewe, Peter Fendi, and Giovanni Pacini. Among people deceased in 1855, Nicholas I of Russia ranks 3. Before him are Carl Friedrich Gauss and Søren Kierkegaard. After him are Charlotte Brontë, Adam Mickiewicz, Gérard de Nerval, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Adelaide of Austria, Pavel Nakhimov, François Rude, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, and François Magendie.
1796 - 1855
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 1
1796 - 1875
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 2
1796 - 1832
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 3
1796 - 1874
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 4
1796 - 1871
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 5
1796 - 1817
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 6
1796 - 1863
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 7
1796 - 1868
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 8
1796 - 1881
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 9
1796 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 10
1796 - 1842
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 11
1796 - 1867
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 12
1777 - 1855
HPI: 87.89
Rank: 1
1813 - 1855
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 2
1796 - 1855
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 3
1816 - 1855
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 4
1798 - 1855
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 5
1808 - 1855
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 6
1788 - 1855
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 7
1822 - 1855
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 8
1802 - 1855
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 9
1784 - 1855
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 10
1797 - 1855
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 11
1783 - 1855
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Nicholas I of Russia ranks 25 out of 3,262. Before him are Wassily Kandinsky (1866), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Kim Jong-il (1941), Isaac Asimov (1920), Alexander I of Russia (1777), and Ayn Rand (1905). After him are Mikhail Bakunin (1814), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Yuri Andropov (1914), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), and Maxim Gorky (1868).
1866 - 1944
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 19
1882 - 1971
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 20
1941 - 2011
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 21
1920 - 1992
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 22
1777 - 1825
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 23
1905 - 1982
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 24
1796 - 1855
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 25
1814 - 1876
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 26
1906 - 1975
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 27
1845 - 1894
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 28
1914 - 1984
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 29
1873 - 1943
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 30
1868 - 1936
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 31
Among politicians born in Russia, Nicholas I of Russia ranks 11. Before him are Boris Yeltsin (1931), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Nicholas II of Russia (1868), Ivan the Terrible (1530), Kim Jong-il (1941), and Alexander I of Russia (1777). After him are Alexander III of Russia (1845), Yuri Andropov (1914), Paul I of Russia (1754), Georgy Zhukov (1896), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), and Alexander II of Russia (1818).
1931 - 2007
HPI: 83.89
Rank: 5
1894 - 1971
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 6
1868 - 1918
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 7
1530 - 1584
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 8
1941 - 2011
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 9
1777 - 1825
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 10
1796 - 1855
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 11
1845 - 1894
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 12
1914 - 1984
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 13
1754 - 1801
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 14
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 15
1709 - 1762
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 16
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 17