1796 - 1855
Nicholas I (Russian: Николай I Павлович, tr. Nikolay I Pavlovich; 6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1796 – 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1855) reigned as Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1825 until 1855. He was the third son of Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I. Nicholas inherited his brother's throne despite the failed Decembrist revolt against him. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicholas I of Russia has received more than 2,876,205 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Nicholas I of Russia is the 237th most popular politician (up from 260th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 39th 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 237 out of 15,710. Before him are Charles IX of France, Mahmud II, Lech Wałęsa, Sulla, Joe Biden, and Olof Palme. After him are Konrad Adenauer, Mehmed I, Philip II of France, Charles the Bald, Enver Hoxha, and Louis XII of France.
1550 - 1574
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 231
1785 - 1839
HPI: 82.46
Rank: 232
1943 - Present
HPI: 82.46
Rank: 233
138 BC - 78 BC
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 234
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 235
1927 - 1986
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 236
1796 - 1855
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 237
1876 - 1967
HPI: 82.37
Rank: 238
1386 - 1421
HPI: 82.37
Rank: 239
1165 - 1223
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 240
823 - 877
HPI: 82.34
Rank: 241
1908 - 1985
HPI: 82.33
Rank: 242
1462 - 1515
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 243
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, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Franz Berwald, Jakob Steiner, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Peter Fendi, and James Bowie. 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, François Rude, Pavel Nakhimov, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, and François Magendie.
1796 - 1855
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 1
1796 - 1875
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 2
1796 - 1832
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 3
1796 - 1874
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 4
1796 - 1871
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 5
1796 - 1817
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 6
1796 - 1881
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 7
1796 - 1868
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 8
1796 - 1863
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 9
1796 - 1866
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 10
1796 - 1842
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 11
1796 - 1836
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 12
1777 - 1855
HPI: 89.18
Rank: 1
1813 - 1855
HPI: 85.75
Rank: 2
1796 - 1855
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 3
1816 - 1855
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 4
1798 - 1855
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 5
1808 - 1855
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 6
1788 - 1855
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 7
1822 - 1855
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 8
1784 - 1855
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 9
1802 - 1855
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 10
1797 - 1855
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 11
1783 - 1855
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Nicholas I of Russia ranks 32 out of 2,688. Before him are Mikhail Bakunin (1814), Yul Brynner (1920), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), and Ivan Turgenev (1818). After him are Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918), Paul I of Russia (1754), Vladimir Nabokov (1899), and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901).
1814 - 1876
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 26
1920 - 1985
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 27
1906 - 1975
HPI: 82.97
Rank: 28
1839 - 1881
HPI: 82.66
Rank: 29
1873 - 1943
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 30
1818 - 1883
HPI: 82.56
Rank: 31
1796 - 1855
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 32
1844 - 1908
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 33
1845 - 1894
HPI: 82.31
Rank: 34
1918 - 2008
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 35
1754 - 1801
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 36
1899 - 1977
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 37
1901 - 1918
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 38
Among politicians born in Russia, Nicholas I of Russia ranks 11. Before him are Nicholas II of Russia (1868), Ivan the Terrible (1530), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Boris Yeltsin (1931), Kim Jong-il (1941), and Alexander I of Russia (1777). After him are Alexander III of Russia (1845), Paul I of Russia (1754), Georgy Zhukov (1896), Yuri Andropov (1914), Alexander II of Russia (1818), and Konstantin Chernenko (1911).
1868 - 1918
HPI: 87.21
Rank: 5
1530 - 1584
HPI: 86.75
Rank: 6
1894 - 1971
HPI: 86.69
Rank: 7
1931 - 2007
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 8
1941 - 2011
HPI: 85.08
Rank: 9
1777 - 1825
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 10
1796 - 1855
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 11
1845 - 1894
HPI: 82.31
Rank: 12
1754 - 1801
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 13
1896 - 1974
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 14
1914 - 1984
HPI: 82.11
Rank: 15
1818 - 1881
HPI: 81.63
Rank: 16
1911 - 1985
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 17