OTD March 2nd. 1855 Nicholas I of Russia
Nicholas I of Russia was born on July 6th. 1796 in Gatchina, which is now located 45 kilometers from St. Petersburg. Nicholas I of Russia - Source picture: Wikipedia His parents had been Paul of Russia and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. As child, Nicholas was not brought up to become the emperor of Russia because he had two elder brothers Alexander I and Constantine Pavlovich. On July 13th. 1817 Nicholas married Charlotte of Prussia in the chapel of the Winter Palace. She took the name: Alexandra Feodorovna. They would have 11 children. When Alexander I died suddenly of typhus and Grand Duke Constantine refused the crown, he became the Tsar of Russia on December 1st. 1825. But some members of the military tried to decline Nicholas' power. Finally Nicholas' reign started on December 14th. 1825 which was a Monday and the Russian superstition held that Mondays were unlucky days. 1838 marks an important progress too. In that year the first Russian railway