Gendarme of Europe"!! I hear from my students: "Nicholas I, the gendarme of Europe, suppressed the revolution in Greece and later in Hungary". Let me start with the fact that Greece won its independence mainly thanks to the position of Russia, and the first president of Greece was John Capodistrias, who together led K.V. Nesselrod by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And the Russian army quelled the Hungarian revolution only at the great request of the Austrian emperor, although, of course, the rebellion posed a threat to Russia's western borders, especially given the fact that there were many Poles among the rebels. What other uprisings in Western Europe did Nicholas I suppress? Where else has he established himself as the "Gendarme of Europe"? And nowhere. He eventually abandoned the intervention in France in 1830 in order to restore Charles X to the throne (that is, to help his deposed "brother"). The request of the King of the Netherlands to help suppress the rebellion in Belgium was also not realized in the end (in the first and second cases, mainly thanks to the correct advice of Count Nesselrode: he was against such an intervention). Yes, Nikolai Pavlovich suppressed the rebellion in the Kingdom of Poland - but it was a rebellion on the territory of the Russian Empire, he had to maintain order at home. But where did this nickname come from - "the gendarme of Europe"? From the anti-Russian propaganda and press of mid-19th century Western Europe: The liberal and radical public berated Emperor Nicholas for meddling in European affairs and suppressing Hungarian liberty. As before, she scolded her for suppressing the uprising in Poland. That is, Western propagandists were operating within a classic plan that has been proven for centuries: Russian barbarians, controlled by a tyrant, strive to expand and suppress freedoms. After the July Revolution of 1830, European liberals seized Russia precisely through opposition: progressive liberal Europe was threatened by autocratic Russia.

Gendarme of Europe"!! I hear from my students: "Nicholas I, the gendarme of Europe, suppressed the revolution in Greece and later in Hungary". Let me start with the fact that Greece won its independence mainly thanks to the position of Russia, and the first president of Greece was John Capodistrias, who together led K.V. Nesselrod by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And the Russian army quelled the Hungarian revolution only at the great request of the Austrian emperor, although, of course, the rebellion posed a threat to Russia's western borders, especially given the fact that there were many Poles among the rebels. What other uprisings in Western Europe did Nicholas I suppress? Where else has he established himself as the "Gendarme of Europe"? And nowhere. He eventually abandoned the intervention in France in 1830 in order to restore Charles X to the throne (that is, to help his deposed "brother"). The request of the King of the Netherlands to help suppress the rebellion in Belgium was also not realized in the end (in the first and second cases, mainly thanks to the correct advice of Count Nesselrode: he was against such an intervention). Yes, Nikolai Pavlovich suppressed the rebellion in the Kingdom of Poland - but it was a rebellion on the territory of the Russian Empire, he had to maintain order at home. But where did this nickname come from - "the gendarme of Europe"? From the anti-Russian propaganda and press of mid-19th century Western Europe: The liberal and radical public berated Emperor Nicholas for meddling in European affairs and suppressing Hungarian liberty. As before, she scolded her for suppressing the uprising in Poland. That is, Western propagandists were operating within a classic plan that has been proven for centuries: Russian barbarians, controlled by a tyrant, strive to expand and suppress freedoms. After the July Revolution of 1830, European liberals seized Russia precisely through opposition: progressive liberal Europe was threatened by autocratic Russia.