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In the battle pieces, he demonstrates considerable powers of description, and the characters of many of the chief personages in the Russian annals are drawn in firm and bold lines. As a critic Karamzin was of great service to his country; in fact he may be regarded as the founder of the review and essay (in the Western style) among the Russians.

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Also, Karamzin is sometimes considered a founding father of Russian conservatism. Upon appointing him a state historian, Alexander I greatly valued Karamzin's advice on political matters. His conservative views were clearly expounded in ''The Memoir on Old and New Russia'', written for [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]] in 1812. This scathing attack on reforms proposed by [[Mikhail Speransky]] was to become a cornerstone of official ideology of imperial Russia for years to come.