Born
1777
Died
1825
Nationality
Russian
Events involving Tsar Alexander I (7)
1810
ID: 698
Count Arakcheyev begins Russian military colony system in Novgorod - 2000 soldier-farmers each
ID: 698
1812
ID: 703
Russian military colony expansion halts during Napoleon's invasion - colonists join war effort
ID: 703
1815
ID: 715
Tsar Alexander I expands military colonies - Chuguev colony with 12,000, extreme daily regimentation
ID: 715
1817
ID: 722
Chuguev Revolt erupts in Ukraine military colonies - brutally suppressed, surveillance increased
ID: 722
1820
ID: 737
Foreign diplomats report Russian military colonies as military prisons - economic costs exceed traditional army
ID: 737
1821
ID: 744
Elite Semyonovsky Regiment revolts in St. Petersburg - Tsar realizes system destabilizing military
ID: 744
1825
ID: 761
Alexander I dies; Decembrist Revolt partly due to military colony dissatisfaction; Nicholas I inherits system
ID: 761