Historians emphasize that his micromanagement of the armies hindered his generals, as did his misguided strategy. Later on, however, he led Russia into the Crimean War (1853–1856), with disastrous results. He ended the Russo-Turkish War (1828–29) successfully as well. Nicholas I was instrumental in helping to create an independent Greek state, and resumed the Russian conquest of the Caucasus by seizing Iğdır Province and the remainder of modern-day Armenia and Azerbaijan from Qajar Persia during the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828. In his public persona, stated Riasanovsky, 'Nicholas I came to represent autocracy personified: infinitely majestic, determined and powerful, hard as stone, and relentless as fate.' Trained as an engineer, he was a stickler for minute detail. A handsome man, he was highly nervous and aggressive. He saw himself as a soldier-a junior officer totally consumed by spit and polish. Riasanovsky said that he displayed determination, singleness of purpose, and an iron will, along with a powerful sense of duty and a dedication to very hard work. Nicholas had a happy marriage that produced a large family all of their seven children survived childhood. He is mainly remembered in history as a reactionary whose controversial reign was marked by geographical expansion, economic growth, and massive industrialisation on the one hand, and centralisation of administrative policies and repression of dissent on the other. Nicholas inherited his brother's throne despite the failed Decembrist revolt against him. He was the third son of Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I. Nicholas I 6 July 1796 – 2 March 1855) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg)

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