Russia: Congress of Vienna

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Russia Congress of Vienna

• By Colin, Alec, Anthony, Gene, and Konnor.
  
• Enjoy!!!!!!

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The Congress of Vienna

• The Congress of Vienna was an international
  conference that was called in order to remake
  Europe after the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte
  the 1st. Many territorial decisions had to be
  made in the conference that was held in Vienna,
  Austria, from September 1814 to June 1815. The
  main goal of the conference was to create a
  balance of power that would preserve the peace.

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Alexander 1st

• Alexander 1st was born December 23, 1777, St.
  Petersburg, Russia-died December 1st, 1825,
  Taganrog. He became Czar in 1801 after the
  assassination of his father, Paul 1st. He also
  attended the Congress of Vienna to also make his
  marks on the map of Europe and which places that
  he wanted to dominate, or control.

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Russia

• During the meet of the Congress of Vienna, Russia
  did not really want more lands but they received
  the land of Finland and also a part of Poland,
  which was known at the time The Great Duchy of
  Warsaw.

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Other Problems and Benefits

• Russia was mostly apposed to many of the others
  and it went so far as to conclude a defensive
  triple alliance. The shock of this crisis and the
  return of Napoleon 1st from Elba so upset the
  delegates that the congress began to find
  solutions for its many difficulties.

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Results of the Congress

• Russia received Warsaw.
• Belgium got Netherlands.
• Prussia got Rhineland and Westphalia.
• Lombardy and Venetia were given to Austria.
• A loose German Confederation was established.
• Switzerland was neutralized.
• Legitimate Dynasties were restored.
• Britain had control over Ionian Islands.