Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Shaida na tayar da Decembrist
ya tilasta Nicholas ya yi aiki. A cikin sa'a daya da ya fara mulki ya ayyana kansa Sarkin Rasha. A tsakar rana gwamnatin farar hula da kuma mafi yawan sojojin Saint Petersburg sun yi rantsuwa da biyayya ga Nicholas amma Decembrists sun zuga sojoji dubu uku don tallafawa Constantine kuma sun tsaya a dandalin majalisar dattijai. Nicholas ya murkushe tawayen da ya kashe mutane 1,271 kuma ya zama sarki marar jayayya. Ya mallaki daular a cikin wani halin da ake ciki na mulkin mallaka na tsawon shekaru 29.