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Alexander I

American  

noun

  1. Saint, pope a.d. 106?–115.

  2. Aleksandr Pavlovich, 1777–1825, czar of Russia 1801–25.

  3. Alexander ObrenovichorAleksandar Obrenović, 1876–1903, king of Serbia 1889–1903.

  4. 1888–1934, king of Yugoslavia 1921–34 (son of Peter I of Serbia).


Alexander I British  

noun

  1. c. 1080–1124, king of Scotland (1107–24), son of Malcolm III

  2. 1777–1825, tsar of Russia (1801–25), who helped defeat Napoleon and formed the Holy Alliance (1815)

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Long-banished literary works such as Boris Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago,” Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn’s “The Gulag Archipelago” and George Orwell’s totalitarian allegory, “Animal Farm,” were published for the first time in the Soviet Union.

From Los Angeles Times

Organizers planned to march from the city’s Alexanderplatz — a large square named after Russian Tsar Alexander I — to a site near the Brandenburg Gate.

From Seattle Times

It had a bell tower commemorating Czar Alexander I’s victory over Napoleon.

From Washington Post

Czar Alexander I later declared he would drink nothing other than Clicquot’s champagne.

From Washington Post

The apple sharlotka I grew up with is Soviet in origin and not to be confused with its progenitor, the better-known Charlotte russe, which was created in the 19th century by Czar Alexander I’s chef.

From Washington Post