#emperor of russia

[royalty-nobility]

Portrait of Alexander III

Artist: Ivan Kramskoy (Russian, 1837-1887)

Date: 1886

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Private collection

Alexander III of Russia

Alexander III (10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He was highly reactionary in domestic affairs and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II, a policy of "counter-reforms". Under the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827–1907), he acted to maximize his autocratic powers.

During his reign, Russia fought no major wars, and he came to be known as The Peacemaker, with the laudatory title of Tsar’-Mirotvorets enduring into 21st century historiography. His major foreign policy achievement was the Franco-Russian Alliance, a major shift in international relations that eventually embroiled Russia in World War I. His political legacy represented a direct challenge to the European cultural order set forth by German statesman Otto von Bismarck, intermingling Russian influences with the shifting balances of power.

[dreamconsumer]

Portrait of Peter I, the Great, Czar of Russia (1672-1725). By Pierre Duflos.

[stone-cold-groove]

His Majesty Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia - 1896.

[rwpohl]

https://www.rct.uk/collection/2926760/maria-feodorovna-empress-of-russia-when-tsesarevna-and-nicholas-ii-emperor-of

[illustratus]

The Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia in 1801 by Jacques Kuyper

[lostmermaidshell]

❀ NAPOLEON & ALEXANDER I ❀

pookies!

maybe i shouldve made alexander younger but its too late so i dont care

idk, ship them, separate them, interpret it as you want

oh HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEXANDER 🎉🎊🥳

[adini-nikolaevna]

“I took off my slippers and my silver embroidered robe and felt the body of my beloved next to mine… How I felt then, I do not wish to describe here.”

- from the diary of the future Emperor Alexander III of Russia, following his wedding night.

[rpfshippingpolls]

⚠️ DON’T START DISCOURSE ABOUT RPF IN THE NOTES!! YOU WILL BE BLOCKED IF YOU DO SO ⚠️

Do you ship it?

Reason:

“1.They kissed (which contrary to popular belief, was not normal between men at the time) 2."if he were a woman I would make him my mistress" 3. Alexander became so shocked at the invasion of Russia he became a religious mystic and never recovered 4. Alexander saying Napolen's bed was "durable". 5. Long talks that lasted til the middle of the morning 6."Did you notice his clear grey eyes, which are so piercing you can hardly bare to look."-Alexander AND 7 NAPOLEON SAYING HE LOVED ALEXANDER MANY TIMES ON SAINT HELENA TY”

Submitted by @goddammitjosef

[ciderbird]

I have nothing to say for myself with this one

[napoleondidthat]

Napoleon has feelings about Moscow.

So does whoever is behind him.

[empress-alexandra]

Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra dress as Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and his first wife Tsaritsa Maria Miloslavskaya for the 1903 costume ball.

[userkayjay]

THE GREAT 1.03

[esta88]

Caracalla and Septimius Severus at the Hermitage Museum.

Вообще-то на сайте музея написано что один из бюстов (первое фото) это дословно «Бюст Каракаллы (портрет Геты)». То есть они не уверены?

[rwpohl]

[royalty-nobility]

Alexander I, Emperor of Russia (1777-1825)

Artist: Sir Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830)

Date: 1814-1818

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, London, United Kingdom

Alexander I, Emperor of Russia

[illustratus]

Reception of Volost Elders by Alexander III in the Courtyard of the Petrovsky Palace in Moscow — by Ilya Repin