Statesman.
Alexander I’s most prominent political advisor during the second half of his reign. Extremely reactionary. He helped build a police state.
Background
Lived: 1769-1834.
Alexey Arakcheyev was an inspector general of artillery in the Russian army. He had been a personal bodyguard to Emperor Paul I. As a Minister of War from 1808, he was a chief advisor to Alexander I during the Napoleonic wars.
He was a man with violent temper, nevertheless he managed to make necessary military reforms with brutal efficiency.
Arakcheyevshchina
From 1815-25 Aleksey Arakcheyev became the most influential advisor of Alexander I. He practically ruled Russia as a military state. His name became synonym of reactionary repression.
Arakcheyev’s most disastrous reform was the founding of military settlements. It was a network of villages that combined military service with farming.
The aim was to cut the state’s military spending and improve the living conditions of the soldiers. The results were disastrous.
Alexey Arakcheyev
Statesman.
Alexander I’s most prominent political advisor during the second half of his reign. Extremely reactionary. He helped build a police state.
Background
Lived: 1769-1834.
Alexey Arakcheyev was an inspector general of artillery in the Russian army. He had been a personal bodyguard to Emperor Paul I. As a Minister of War from 1808, he was a chief advisor to Alexander I during the Napoleonic wars.
He was a man with violent temper, nevertheless he managed to make necessary military reforms with brutal efficiency.
Arakcheyevshchina
From 1815-25 Aleksey Arakcheyev became the most influential advisor of Alexander I. He practically ruled Russia as a military state. His name became synonym of reactionary repression.
Arakcheyev’s most disastrous reform was the founding of military settlements. It was a network of villages that combined military service with farming.
The aim was to cut the state’s military spending and improve the living conditions of the soldiers. The results were disastrous.
Karl Nesselrode