Russian Empire

Alexander I, Part 1 (1x7)

Air date: Jun 13, 2001

Series Summary: Entry to the throne - "days of Alexander's great start." Russia's participation in the coalition against Napoleon; the battle of Austerlitz; Peace of Tilsit. The war with Sweden, the annexation of Finland to Russia. Speransky - "the sun of Russian bureaucracy." free port regime in Odessa. The heyday of the Russian-American Company - Russian settlements in Alaska and California.