What are the features of the differences and similarities between the policies of Alexander 1 and Nicholas 1?
Among the common features of Alexander I and Nicholas I, it is worth noting both intelligence and education. Both sovereigns strove for an absolute monarchy, which they saw as the basis for the stability of the state system. They believed that only the absolutism of power can achieve a solution to all issues of governing the country.
At the same time, both kings had a different approach to the implementation of their ideas. Alexander I was a liberal. He did not welcome censorship and never introduced it. Nicholas I was the complete opposite of him. He strove to turn the state into an army barracks. Tough censorship was introduced, the 3rd branch of His Majesty’s Own Chancellery was created, which was engaged in the search for state conspiracies. Totalitarian control was established in the country.