«The ruler weak and sly»? Yet another misunderstanding of Alexander I

The article contains an analysis of the chapters of the monograph by E.M. Boltunova «The Last Polish King: The Coronation of Nicholas I in Warsaw in 1829 and the Memory of the Russian-Polish Wars of the 17th – Early 19th Centuries» (Moscow, 2022), dedicated to the policies of Alexander I. Disagreement is expressed with the concept of the author of the monograph, according to which Alexander I allegedly had no direct relation to the Patriotic War of 1812, lost his authority in the eyes of society, and therefore found new subjects for himself in the person of the Poles and tried to consciously shift the historical and cultural memory of the war of 1812 from reality to mysticism. The outstanding contribution of the emperor to the victory over Napoleon and his true policy of forming the historical memory of the great event of Russian history are shown.