Czar Constantine I of Russia?

Dorozhand

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What if Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich had not renounced his claim to the throne of Russia and became Czar upon Alexander I's death?
 

Razgriz 2K9

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Perhaps he could've granted a constitution, perhaps not. I know that Constantine was not as reactionary as his brother, Nicholas. But I don't know for sure.
 
Perhaps he could've granted a constitution, perhaps not. I know that Constantine was not as reactionary as his brother, Nicholas. But I don't know for sure.
Well the best way is for the decembrists to Actually secure Constantine's support. So this is what I believe is needed A successful decembrist revolt.
 
The only way for this to happen is for Grand Duke Konstantin to decide that the benefits outweigh the risks. Had this been so then arguably the whole problem of the Praetorian Guard-esque Imperial guards would never have arisen and thus any scenario that favors Konstantin saying "Yes" has already butterflied most of 18th Century Russia's political history. If he does do a 180-degree turn then Russia's got a Tsar who's in the best case an earlier Alexander II, in the worst case a milder and softer version of Nicholas I.
 
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