Czar of Russia (born 1796) who reigned from 1825 until his death in 1855. By crushing the Decembrist Uprising, he confirmed the autocracy of czarist rule, but disastrous losses in the Crimean War marked the collapse of his foreign and domestic policies. Scarce ALS in French, signed twice, “Nicholas,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 7.25, July 24, 1831. Letter to Countess Orlov, the wife of Russian statesman Aleksi Orlov, in part (translated): "The most difficult tasks with which I have charged him…are additional opportunities to give proof of his indefatigable zeal and his loyalty…This time he is rendering an immense service to me as well as to the Fatherland…he is acquitting himself in an admirable fashion…a few more days will be required before everything is done…just a few hours ago I had the happiness of seeing my wife safely delivered. She has given me a son." The third page is the concluding line of a postscript. In fine condition, with scattered light staining. Aleksi Orlov was engaged in concluding the war with Turkey, to which he became ambassador in 1833. A fantastic twice-signed letter from the czar.
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