CHAPTER XI

THE REIGN OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855 A.D.) 533

The interregnum, 533. The accession of Nicholas, 537. Trial of the conspirators, 539. The coronation of Nicholas, 539. Changes in internal administration, 540. Reforms in the administration of justice, 541. War with Persia, 543. War with Turkey, 544. The Polish insurrection, 545. The outbreak of cholera and the riots occasioned by it, 548. The war in the Caucasus, 550. The emperor’s conservative patriotism, 555. Unveiling of the monument at Borodino, 556. Death or retirement of the old ministers, 557. Great fire in the winter palace, 558. The emperor Nicholas’ views of Louis Napoleon, 559. Events leading up to the Crimean War, 560. Outbreak of the Crimean War, 562. France, England, and Turkey in alliance, 562. The taking of Bomarsund, 563. The seat of war transferred to the Crimea, 564. The battle of the Alma, 565. The seizure of Balaklava, 570. The advance on Sebastopol, 571. The Battle of Balaklava, 572. The Battle of Inkerman (November 5th, 1854), 573. Death of the emperor Nicholas I, 576. Skrine’s estimate of Nicholas, 576.

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