Question
This ruler sent a letter to Ottoman sultan Abdulmejid I demanding the protection of Orthodox Christians traveling to the Holy Land in the lead-up to the Crimean War. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ruler, whose accession to the throne was opposed by Decembrists, who instead supported his brother Konstantin.
ANSWER: Nicolas I [prompt on Nicolas]
[10e] Nicolas I was a ruler of this Russian dynasty, the last to rule its empire as Tsars.
ANSWER: Romanov
[10h] Two answers required. Nicolas I’s rule became defined by a doctrine, first formulated by education minister Sergey Uvarov in a letter to educators, which consisted of Orthodoxy and these two other principles.
ANSWER: autocracy AND nationality [or samoderzhávie and naródnost']
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