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When Alexander the First died in December 1825, it was just assumed that his next oldest brother, Grand Duke Constantine, would be next!
亞歷山大一世1825年去世后，人們認為他的二弟康斯坦丁大公會繼位成為沙皇
What followed instead was bloody confusion.
但是接下來發生的事情卻讓大家非常困惑，
A pathetically botched revolution and three decades of reactionary backwards militarism.
接下來發生的是失敗的革命，還有三十年的倒退的軍國主義
Segment 19d: The Gendarme of Europe.
片段19d：歐洲憲兵
Nicholas the First who rules from 1825 to 1855 never expected to become Tsar.
1825年到1855年統治的尼古拉一世從未想過自己會成為沙皇
As the third son of Tsar Paul the First, he was directed towards a military career.
作為保羅一世的第三子，他向著軍事領域發展
He served bravely in the war against Napoleon and would have happily spent the rest of his life in the army.
他在對拿破侖的戰爭中英勇作戰，并且很樂意余生都是戎馬生涯
But since Alexander the First died without legitimate offspring, one of his brothers would have to succeed. Which one?
但是亞歷山大一世過世后卻并沒有留下合法子嗣，他的弟弟之一必須要繼承王位，哪一位呢
The oldest living brother Prince Constantine was assumed to be the Tsarevich,
最大的弟弟康斯坦丁大公被認為應該做皇儲
but Constantine had secretly given up claim to the throne so he could marry, gasp, a Polish woman!
但是康斯坦丁已經暗暗放棄了對皇位的要求，這樣他便能夠同一位波蘭女士結婚了
Not even Nicholas knew about this arrangement even though it made him heir to the Russian throne.
尼古拉自己也不知道哥哥的安排，雖然這種安排，這種安排使他登上了俄國皇位
When Alexander died, Nicholas had to be talked into climbing the throne before either the northern or the southern opposition groups started to seize power.
亞歷山大一去世，尼古拉就要登上皇位以避免南方或北方的勢力攫取權力
