Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1848, lokacin da juyin juya hali ya girgiza Turai, Nicholas ya kasance a gaban masu adawa. A shekara ta 1849, ya taimaka wa Habsburgs don kawar da
juyin juya halin a Hungary, kuma ya kuma bukaci Prussia kada ta dauki tsarin mulki mai sassaucin ra'ayi.