The name Nicholas is derived from the late GreekNikolaos, a combination of the words for "victory" (Nike) and "people" (laos). The version spelt with "ch" first came into use in the 12th century and was firmly established by the time of the Reformation, though Nicolas is still occasionally found. Nicholas is the 64th most common male name in US, comprising of roughly 0.275% of the population.
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In 1825 Nicholas I was crowned king of Poland and began to limit the liberties of constitutional monarchy in Congress Poland.
Nicholas crushed the rebellion, abrogated the Polish constitution, and reduced Poland to the status of a Russian province and embarked on a policy of repression towards Catholics[1].
Nicholas I was following the traditional Russian policy of resolving the so-called Eastern Question by seeking to partition the Ottoman Empire and establish a protectorate over the Orthodox population of the Balkans, still largely under Ottoman control in the 1820s.
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