With regard to the Russian peasants, Nicholas chose the path of least resistance.
對于俄國農民,尼古拉選擇了阻力最小的途徑
Though Nicholas himself regarded serfdom as evil,
雖然尼古拉本人覺得農奴制是罪惡的
the nobility was the only possible means of governing Russia's vast spaces, and serf labor propped up the nobility.
貴族卻是唯一可能對俄國廣闊的疆域實施控制的人,農奴的勞動支撐著貴族階層
Rightly suspecting that Poles had joined the opposition societies under Alexander the First,
尼古拉非常正確地猜測到波蘭有可能加入了亞歷山大一世統治時期的反動團體
Nicholas the First refused to call himself King of Poland.
尼古拉一世拒絕稱自己為波蘭國王
He withdrew the rights Alexander had given the Poles until they revolted in 1830.
在波蘭1830年革命以前,他收回了亞歷山大給波蘭的各項權利
Within a year, Poland had been reconquered and reabsorbed into the Russian empire.
一年內,波蘭又被重新征服了,并且重新納入俄國領土

For the rest of his reign, Nicholas tried to turn the Poles into Russians or "Russify" them.
在他統治的其余的時間里,尼古拉企圖把波蘭人變成俄國人或者說試圖俄羅斯化他們
He also continued Catherine's war against the Ottoman Empire,
他也繼續了凱瑟琳對奧斯曼帝國的戰爭
trying to achieve her goal of returning Istanbul or Constantinople to Orthodoxy and gaining Russia an outlet on the Mediterranean Sea.
戰爭目的是為了將伊斯坦布爾和康斯坦丁堡重新轉化為東正教以及為俄國獲得地中海的出海口
His greatest successes were in the Caucasus where he continued his brothers often brutal policies against nationalities such as the Chechans.
他取得的最大的成功是在高加索地區在那里他沿用了他哥哥對像車臣這樣的少數民族的殘酷政策
Besides expanding the boundaries of the Russian Empire, Nicholas again wanted to maintain order and monarchy all throughout Europe!
除了為俄國開疆拓土之外,尼古拉還想控制歐洲的秩序
This could be termed an example of Pax Russica.
這可以被看做是俄國強權下的和平的例證