ALEXANDER ITristan Chambers

Otherwise known as… Emperor and Autocrat of All the

Russians King of Poland Grand Prince of Finland Grand Prince of Lithuania

As a Child Raised by Catherine the great Catherine II had continued to modernize

western Europe In the hopes of manipulating the country,

Catherine manipulated Alexander Father (Paul I) Manipulation Ultimately

This taught Alexander very early on in life how to manipulate those who loved him

the THRONE  March 1801 Conspiracy? Morality

Accomplishments & Significance Reconstructed the system of education Tsar during the Napoleonic wars Prohibition of torture More liberal in a time of conservatism in

Russia Did nothing to improve the feudal status

of Russia Acquired Finland and part of Poland

Affect in History Tyrannical in Russia (not aware) Danube the southern frontier of Russia Negotiations with Napoleon Assisted in Napoleonic wars Greater good of Europe* (?)

Symbology MIXED PERSONALITY- Chameleon Tyrant (unintentional*) appeared to his contemporaries as a riddle which

each read according to his own temperament.  "shifty Byzantine“ –Napoleon  ”man of estimable character, disposed to do

good, and expected to diffuse through the mass of the Russian people a sense of their natural rights.“- Jefferson

"suspicious and undecided“ - Jefferson

IN Summary Early age taught to manipulate and

change opinion based on his company Towards the beginning of his career took

liberal reforms Acquired Finland and part of Poland All during the reign of the Napoleonic

wars Unintentional tyrant

The End