Tsar Nicholas II Alexandrovich of Russia

Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; Russian: Никола́й II, Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Рома́нов) (18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 17 July 1918) was the last Tsar of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and claimant to the title of King of Poland.[1] His official title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias[2] and he is currently regarded as Saint Nicholas the Passion Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to an economic and military disaster. Critics nicknamed him Bloody Nicholas because of the Khodynka Tragedy, Bloody Sunday, and his largely fatal anti-Semitic pogroms. As head of state, he approved the Russian mobilization of August 1914 which marked the first fatal step into World War I and thus into the demise of the Romanov dynasty.

Nicholas II abdicated following the February Revolution of 1917 during which he and his family were imprisoned first in the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo, then later in the Governor's Mansion in Tobolsk, and finally at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg. Nicholas II, his wife, his son, his four daughters, the family's medical doctor, the Tsar's Valet, the Empress' Lady in Waiting and the family's cook were all killed in the same room by the Bolsheviks on the night of 17 July 1918.

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[1997nutcracker]

This was very good. May he and his family rest in peace. Although he wasn't a very good Tsar, he was a very good family man and he didn't deserve his death. Good bless

[RusBodybuilder]

alot of finnish people devoted their life to him. just letting you know.

[TheComyslayer]

God save the Tsar!

[dangar45]

@Iamnot16ok His rule would have been better than any communist shit

[sjnjane]

@iamnot16ok Yes! Very good person! So kind, gentle! I read the book with his letters to Aleksandra... How good family it was!..

Unhuman crime, unhuman bolshevics...!!!

[iamnot16ok]

Nicholas' father was killed unexpectedly, resulting in his training as Tsar to be incomplete. His rule may not have turned out to be positive, but he was a good person.....

[KidJohnnyStorm]

Long Live Tsar Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov !!

[PtolemyofEgyptI]

@lostsplendour In that, you are exactly right. Nicholas cycled through a huge group of Ministers in the last few years of his reign, who got progressively worse. His uncle's advice, as you noticed, was not often the best in the circumstances. Thanks also for your clarification of the intercession in 1918 - If you could give me some sources for more information on this I would appreciate it. Thanks!

[lostsplendour]

@PtolemyofEgyptI And yes, King Alfonso XIII of Spain negotiated with the new Soviet government interceding for the remaining members of the family that he thought to be alive (the Grand Duchesses OTMA, the Tsarina and maybe Alexei) after the news that Nicholas II had been executed but they were already all dead.

[lostsplendour]

@PtolemyofEgyptI You're only wrong about George V. The British Government offered asylum to the Tsar and his family, fearing that revolution might come, George thank that the presence of the Russian royals might seem inappropriate. The letters of the King's private secretary, Lord Stamfordham, suggest that it was George V who opposed the rescue against the advice of the government.

[lostsplendour]

@PtolemyofEgyptI Yes, you're right but I was thinking about his last ministers appointed in particular by Rasputin and some of his uncles at the beginning of his reign. Witte and Stolypin were great politicians, I absolutely agree about it.