Russia has dwelled many empires, one of its greatest being Alexander I. The book “The Imperial Legend” written by Alexis Troubetzkoy .Alexis Troubetzkoy is a very a very famous writer who has researched a great deal about the mysteries related to the Russian royalty was born in 1934 in Paris in a Russian princely family and then migrated to the United States. He is presently living in Toronto, Canada.and having heard this story since childhood, decided to get to the roots of the legend this book is one of the weightiest works given by this author whom gives a detailed and charismatic look into the life of one of Russia’s greatest emperors. In this book the author, spent twenty years exploring the mystery, which makes a persuasive folder that, indeed, Alexander I, following his artificial death, spent the next forty years as the starets Feodor Kuzmich. In this work, Alexis Troubetzkoy “solves” one of the most intriguing royal mysteries of the past two centuries.
Tsar Alexander I, a descendent of the Soviet
Union’s famous monarchy was a favorite among
his people due to his many modified and liberal
ways and modification of internal infrastructure,
his battle with Bonaparte during his reign from
1801 to 1825.As we go into his life it becomes
obvious that in spite of his immense success with
his headship in domestic and international matters
, the tsar was a disturbed man caught up in a
whirlpool between personal and political troubles
mainly due his authoritative grandmother, Catherine
the great and his highly disturbed and unpredictable
father Czar Paul I. He says the
basis for the legend, and the actual disappearance
of the czar, is that Alexander participated in
a palace coup that displaced his father, Czar
Paul I, and that as part of the coup, the rebels
killed Alexander's father, and that Alexander
suffered
from guilt thereafter, which led to his depression
and unhappiness with his life.
That part of the story seems to be factual,
and it is well-documented, as is much of the story.
He had to take to take over the empire at a time
when he was not prepared to and was in the plot
to oust his father and send him on exile, and
was totally shocked when the turn over became
vicious and his father was assassinated during
the riots which left him perpetually devastated
. The guilt that he had endured was so strong
that it seems that according to his family and
friends he did all he could for his people but
still often desired to retire from his royal duties
and live with his family far away in a serene
place with no head strong burdens and to spend
the rest of his life with simple yet unmarked
traditions.
As we go into the life of the Tsar it seems he was a young man of full of vigor and vitality and if the throne wouldn’t have been trusted upon him rather been presented, he would have had a chance to prove his ability to come in league with his grandmother who’s great accomplishments always overshadowed his father and would have reigned for a longer period of time had he no guilt. With all his secrets bottled up inside him deep down which he did not mean to reveal to anyone, he died at a very young age of48.It is said that his health started detoriating soon after he moved to Taganrog, a remote town near Cremia and suddenly died on November 19,1825 However, the conclusions, about the voluntary disappearance of Czar Alexander, and his reappearance years later as a religious figure, is, at bottom, based on conjecture.
The sudden death of the tsar has indeed left
a strong impact on the people and still have them
wondering if the death of the tsar was a natural
one or staged by him to relieve himself of the
sin committed by him, the sin of patricide. It
was often wondered by people of the family if
he has really blamed himself for the overthrowing
of his father from the throne and his assassination
to the extent of killing himself. The numerous
stories have ever since circulated and have been
found as one of the never solving mysteries that
the Russian monarchy has faced during its rule.
It is believed that he always believed in the good that is why he‘re incarnated ‘himself and returned only to spread the good throughout Russia in the form of starlets. Starlets, as they were known were men blessed and humble and went themselves far and wide to spread love and harmony among people and to pluck out the malevolence from them. Out of these men ‘Feodor Kuzmich’ a brilliant and unusual scholar, was believed to be tsar Alexander.
This book is a very good example of the writer’s skills in portraying the incidents that occurred in tsar Alexander’s life .It fully gives an immense history of his life. This book is in itself a great gift for the scholars who find history and their accomplishments truly fascinating just by reading it. It is a truly intriguing book which keeps the readers glued to it till the end, the totally interesting life the young tsar, the mishaps he had to go through his father’s murder and then his wife’s ailments. It tells us about the great reforms he bought in Russia. The most important aspect of this book is that it holds the reader’s interest till the end by keeping everyone attentive So, in a sense, it is an interesting story, with much fact, but the reader has to accept that much of the conclusion isnot based on fact at all. The author does not try to camouflage his methods and theories, and he honestly presents his conclusions for what they are: theory, with the hope and expectation that he will be proven correct. As noted above, the author is not trying to cover up his methods, so we appreciate his honesty and earnestness in presenting his theories, but we have to comprehend, as stated, his conclusions are based on theory and conjecture, not fact. |