Imperial Manifesto of Poland

Imperial Manifesto of Poland The document of Imperial Manifesto of Poland was created by the

Russian Tsar Nicholas I. The document that Nicholas I is referring to

was written on March 25, 1832 after the Polish troops were severely

defeated by the Russian army in the November uprising. This document

is Tsar Nicholas’s proclamation of Russian rule over what was known

once as Poland. Which was “a political entity that was created out of

the Duchy of Warsaw at the Congress of Vienna Congress.” (Wikipedia,

Congress of Poland). The Imperial Manifesto of Poland takes away the

Constitutional Charter that was issued to Poland during the Vienna

Congress in 1815.

When Poland was created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna it was “one

of the few contemporary constitutional monarchies in Europe, with the

Tsar of Russia as Polish King.” (Encyclopedia, Congress of Poland).

The constitution that was granted to Poland at that time was one of

the most free constitutions in the 19th century. As it is stated,

“Congress Poland had a parliament which could vote on laws and was

responsible to the tsar. It had also its own army, Polish currency,

budget, penal code and was separated from the rest of Russian lands by

a customs boundary.” (Wikipeadia, Congress of Poland). As it is said,

“Initially Alexander I was crowned as the King of Poland and obeyed

the constitution” (Encyclopedia, Alexandar I King of Russia),

therefore he was ge...

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...1998). Tsar Nicholas I: Imperial Manifesto on Poland

March 25, 1932.

Retrieved July 28, 2005, from Fordham University, Modern History

Sourcebook Web site:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1832poland.html.

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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Alexander-I-of-Russia

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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Congress-Poland.

Wikipedia, Congress Poland. Retrieved July 28, 2005, from

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Congress-Poland.

Wikipedia, Nicholas I of Russia. Retrieved July 28, 2005, from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia.

Wikipedia, November Uprising. Retrieved July 28, 2005, from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_Uprising.