#emperor of russia

[royalty-nobility]

Portrait of Alexander III

Artist: Ivan Kramskoy (Russian, 1837-1887)

Date: 1886

Medium: Oil on canvas

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.

[rwpohl]

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

[stone-cold-groove]

His Majesty Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia - 1896.

[illustratus]

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

[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.

[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 🎉🎊🥳

[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

[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

[classic-art-favourites]

Nicholas II by Boris Kustodiev, 1915.

[whumpypepsigal]

The Great s01e05: “He's been vomiting continuously throughout the night, and he runs a high fever, and he has fits of wild delirium.”

[rwpohl]

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

The Thingol to Dior pipeline is the same as the First French Empire to Second French Empire pipeline okay I’m right

[illustratus]

Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow by Pjotr Constantin Stojanow

[adini-nikolaevna]

“In the morning at 11 o’clock we went with Papa and Mama to St. Petersburg and attended a memorial service in the fortress for dear An-Papa and An-Mama. I approached the grave of our little angel Alexander, which was… beautifully decorated with flowers. I prayed and thought a lot about you, my darling Minnie, and I was so sad to be alone at that moment… Mama noticed this and came up to me to hug me, and it touched me very much, because she is the only one who understands and does not forget our terrible grief. Others forget and constantly ask why I don’t go to the theater, why I don’t want to attend balls at Peterhof, and it’s very difficult and unpleasant for me to answer everyone. I felt so sad when I prayed at the sweet grave of the little angel; Why is he not with us and why did the Lord take him from us?”

- the future Emperor Alexander III of Russia in a letter to his wife, Maria Feodorovna, on his grief at the death of their infant son, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich.