Alexander I(2025)

Alexander I is a historical drama following the Russian emperor's rise to power amid personal turmoil and geopolitical crisis. Raised by his grandmother Catherine the Great and tutored in liberal ideals, Alexander dreams of modernizing Russia along republican lines. When his father Paul becomes tsar, Alexander's hopes for reform crumble as Paul proves both a tyrant and an erratic ruler. A palace conspiracy results in Paul's assassination, and Alexander inherits the throne wracked with guilt over his father's death. Now he must navigate treacherous court politics, resist his domineering mother's influence, and prepare Russia for the inevitable clash with Napoleon's expanding empire. The series explores how a idealistic young reformer becomes a wartime leader forced to abandon his principles for survival.