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Solemn Promise to His Imperial Majesty the Sovereign Emperor and Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich

Alexandr Radayev

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Solemn Promise to His Imperial Majesty the Sovereign Emperor and Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich

"I, the undersigned, promise and swear by Almighty God, before His Holy Gospel, that I desire and am bound to serve faithfully and without hypocrisy, and to obey in all things, His Imperial Majesty, my true and natural, Most Gracious Great Sovereign Emperor NICHOLAS PAVLOVICH, Autocrat of All the Russias, and the Heir to His Imperial Majesty's All-Russian Throne, His Imperial Highness, Grand Duke ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEVICH, sparing not my life to the last drop of blood, and to guard and defend, to the utmost of my understanding, strength and ability, all the rights and privileges, enacted and hereafter to be enacted, that belong to the lofty Autocracy, might and power of His Imperial Majesty, and moreover, at the very least, to endeavour to promote all that may in any circumstance pertain to the faithful service of His Imperial Majesty and to the benefit of the State..."

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