Paul I biography

The first years after birth, Pavel grew under the supervision of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, who was going to make him her heir. In the city of Tsesarevich received a good education and, according to contemporaries, was capable of striving for knowledge, sincerely believed in the ideals of good and justice. After the accession to the throne, Catherine II, fearing the claims of her son against the throne, tried not to allow him to participate in the discussion of state affairs.

In gg. The reign of the mother seemed to the Grand Duke too liberal. He believed that in order to prevent the revolutionary situation, public order should be maintained with the help of military discipline and police measures. Therefore, the arrival of Paul I in November in November, it was not by chance that one of the first legislative acts of the new emperor was the law on the procedure for the throne of the throne, which determined the procedure for the transfer of higher state power in Russia up to the city in the field of public administration Paul I tried to replace the collegial principle of organizing the Office of the sole, in particular, significantly strengthened the significance of the Senate Prosecutor General.

In the army, the sovereign, like his father Peter III, sought to introduce Prussian military orders, believing that the most important role was played by the mechanical coherence of troops and diligence. To control public life, harsh censorship was introduced, the import of books from abroad was prohibited, the wearing of uniform and civilian clothing for court ranks was regulated, etc.

The estate policy has undergone significant changes. In an effort to limit the negative impact of the "noble liberties" on the fate of the country, in the city of the city, noblemen who did not serve the state were forbidden to participate in the noble elections and occupy elected posts. In relation to the nobles, the bodily punishments canceled by Ekaterina II again began to be applied.

The position of the peasants, on the contrary, has improved somewhat. Pavel I published a manifesto of three -day corvee, introducing restrictions on the operation of the landowners of peasant labor and reduced their ownership rights. It was also forbidden to sell courtyard and landless peasants, and Ukrainian peasants were not allowed to sell without land.

Much attention was still paid to education and education. Paul I decided to organize a military-orphans for children of soldiers left without parental care, and in August in the field of foreign policy Paul I at first tried not to interfere in European affairs. However, when in the city of in - gg. Pavel I signed a manifesto on the accession of Georgia to Russia.

Paul I policy, combined with its despotic character and unpredictability, caused discontent among the courtiers and in the army, which led to the next state coup. On the night of March 11 23, when the emperor tried to object, one of the rebels began to strangle him with his scarf, and the other hit the temple with a massive snuffbox. It was officially announced that Paul I had died from an apoplexy blow.

The funeral service and burial of Emperor Paul I Petrovich was committed by all members of the Holy Synod, headed by the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg Ambrose. The time of Paul and his death. Notes of contemporaries and participants in the event of the city of the year. Tsesarevich Pavel Petrovich in France in the city of Emperor Paul and his time. Notes of the Courland nobleman.

The bright minutes of Emperor Paul. Political struggle in Russia.