Russian Empire
Nicholas I, Part 2
S1 • E10 Sep 3, 2001 60m
Series Summary: Creation of the gendarmerie - the Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Office. The triad "Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality." Russia's new national anthem "God Save the Tsar." The controversy "Westerners" and "Slavophiles." Caucasian war. Alexander Herzen and his "bell". The suppression of the Hungarian revolution. Official culture - sculptor Klodt, fabulist Krylov, architect Ton, painter Aivazovsky. Crimean War.
