Napoleon’s army was torn and bloody; the Tsar’s army was in ruins. Alexander puzzled over what to do next. SOKHOLOV: When Alexander the First was thinking about what to do after the battle of ...

SOKHOLOV: He advised Alexander to wait. But Alexander found this unacceptable. He was a young Russian tsar. He had more men than Napoleon, and he couldn’t accept the idea that Napoleon had not ...

According to PBS, Napoleon, now about 40 years old, immediately began searching for a new wife. His ideal candidate was Anna Pavlovna, the 15-year-old sister of Russian Tsar Alexander I.

This mounted portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News shortly after Czar Alexander II assumed the throne of Russia. John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on ...

Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the greatest ... with his Italian campaign in 1796 and 1797. He made a fool of Czar Alexander I at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. He encircled an entire Austrian ...