Nicholas I of Russia
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Created here
Grand Kremlin Palace
The official working residence of the President of Russia and a historic architectural masterpiece.
Traces in other cities
- Saint Petersburg
- Alexander Column — Commissioned Montferrand’s column on Palace Square to honour Alexander I; approved the project (1829), oversaw erection (1832) and inaugurated it (1834).
- Saint Petersburg
- Anichkov Palace — Wedding gift on his 1817 marriage to Charlotte of Prussia; palace belonged to Nicholas I and Alexandra Feodorovna until 1860 (encspb).
- Saint Petersburg
- Mariinsky Palace — Built 1839–44 for Nicholas’s daughter Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna; named Mariinsky after her.
- Saint Petersburg
- Peter and Paul Cathedral
- Saint Petersburg
- Quay with Sphinxes — Ancient Egyptian sphinxes from Thebes installed on the Academy of Arts quay in 1832–34 during Nicholas I’s reign.
- Saint Petersburg
- Saint Isaac's Cathedral — Alexander I ordered the cathedral, but Nicholas prioritised and funded Montferrand’s 40-year build (1818–58); exterior essentially complete by 1842 under his reign.
- Saint Petersburg
- Senate Square — 14 Dec 1825 Decembrist revolt: Nicholas personally commanded loyal troops on Senate Square and crushed the uprising that refused to swear allegiance to him.
- Saint Petersburg
- Trinity Cathedral
- Saint Petersburg
- Winter Palace
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