tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post3522754792637907507..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Monarch Profile: Czar Nicholas I of RussiaMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-83354803330297443552017-08-10T23:28:54.492-05:002017-08-10T23:28:54.492-05:00Czar Nicholas I, as stated in the article, wanted ...Czar Nicholas I, as stated in the article, wanted Russia to be Russian and so, obviously, regarded the Jews with suspicion, just as he was not wild about Catholic Poles or Ukrainians. However, Pope Gregory XVI condemned nationalism and any opposition to established order even for Catholics living under non-Catholic monarchs. The Jews have survived for so long because they have maintained their own identity but it is also for that very reason that tensions have almost always existed between them and their host country. There were a lot of anti-Jewish pogroms in Czarist Russia but a pogrom is, by definition, a spontaneous event and not something directed from on high. Nicholas I was certainly no great fan of the Jewish presence in Russia but it did not become a major issue until the reign of Nicholas II and that was for two reasons; for one, the British in the time of Edward VII began to be more critical of Russian attitudes toward the Jews and another reason was that Jews were disproportionately represented in anti-Romanov revolutionary movements and that is simply a statistical fact.<br /><br />As for the Romanovs being the model for the Nazis, I find that a rather absurd notion given that the Nazis considered the Slavs subhuman and it is hard to imagine them taking their example from a Slavic power. MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-51052908484069404422017-08-09T20:10:46.160-05:002017-08-09T20:10:46.160-05:00By far, my favorite Russian monarch, and one of my...By far, my favorite Russian monarch, and one of my favorite monarchs of all time, along with Philip II of Spain. The man is smeared to no end however. I think I brought this up once before on this blog a year or so ago, most of my friends and family are leftists, and each and every time I bring up the Romanovs, they talk about their supposed viscous anti semitism, with many even claiming that the Russian right laid the ground work for nazism. Nicholas I is also singled out for this. Could you possibly elaborate on Nicholas's I position on jews? As most sources I've read claim that he accused jews of being disloyal and forced them into the military and supposedly expanded the pale of settlement. What are your thoughts on these claims?ItalianRoyalist1994https://www.blogger.com/profile/09427802005832678254noreply@blogger.com