Alexander I
1777 – 1825
Russian

Czar from 1801. He began his reign with ideas of liberalizing the Russian political regime. However, he became an example of reaction and despotism mixed with religious mysticism.

Contemporaries
1818–1883Ivan Turgenev
1799–1837Alexander Pushkin
1748–1779Kazimierz Pulaski
1739–1791Grigoriy Potemkin
1741–1822Ali Pasha
1745–1813Mikhail Kutuzov
1802–1894Lajos Kossuth
1821–1881Fyodor Dostoevsky
1781–1848Bernhard Bolzano
1814–1876Mikhail Bakunin
1818–1881Alexander II