Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria . and ana-tomical and other collections. The agriculture, the manu-factures, and the commerce of Russia were all immenselyextended durmg his reign. Finally, to Alexander the peo-ple of Russia were indebted for many political reforms ofgreat value. Under Alexander, also, both the extent andthe po^Julation of the Russian dominions were greatly aug-mented ; the military strength of the nation was developedand organized ; and the country, from holding but a subor-dinate rank, took its place as one of the leading powersof Eu
Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria . and ana-tomical and other collections. The agriculture, the manu-factures, and the commerce of Russia were all immenselyextended durmg his reign. Finally, to Alexander the peo-ple of Russia were indebted for many political reforms ofgreat value. Under Alexander, also, both the extent andthe po^Julation of the Russian dominions were greatly aug-mented ; the military strength of the nation was developedand organized ; and the country, from holding but a subor-dinate rank, took its place as one of the leading powersof Europe. Alexander was married, on the ninth of October, 1793,to the Princess Louisa Maria Augusta of Baden, who, onbecoming a member of the Imperial family, assumed thename of Elizabeth Alexiewna. By her, however, he hadno issue. On his death, his next brother, the Grand DukeConstantine, was proclaimed king at Warsaw; but he im-mediately surrendered the throne to his younger brother,the late Emperor Nicholas, according to an agreementmade with Alexander during his Wn€[K](n)lLI\§„lEM[F THE EMPEEOR NICHOLAS. Nicholas I., Pavlovich, Emperor of Russia, styled alsoCzar and Autocrat of all the Russias, was born in the cityof St. Petersburg, July 7, 1796, June 25, old style. Hewas the third son of the Emperor Paul; Alexander I. hav-ing been the fixst son, and the Grand Duke Constautinethe second son. His mother, Sophie Dorothea, a daughterof Friedrich Eugen, Duke of Wiirtemberg, when she becamethe second wife of the Emperor Paul, became also a mem-ber of the Greek Church, and, as is the usage, changedher names to those of Maria Feodorowna. The Emperor Paul having been assassinated March 23,1801, Nicholas was left entirely to the care of his mother,who appointed General Lamsdorf his governor, and selectedthe Countess Lieven and the German philologist Adelung,as his principal teachers in languages and literature, andCouncillor Storch as his instructor in general politics a
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