Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov

Nickolai Alexandrovich Romanov, otherwise known as Czar Nicholas II was Russia’s last emperor. He was born in May of 1868 in Tsakoe Selo. He was the eldest son of Alexander III. He succeeded his father when he died in 1894. That same year Nicholas II married Princess Alexandra of Hesse – Darnstadt. She was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. His wife was very unpopular with the Russian nobles, not only because she wasn’t Russian but also because she had a strange reliance upon Grigory Rasputin in determining Russian policy. It eventually led to Reputin’s assassination.
Nicholas II ‘s rule was, in my opinion a very powerful time. One reason is because he ruled for a very short time. He only ruled for 23 years, roughly half of his life. Another reason is because he was not only Russia’s last emperor, murder and the murder of his family was the absolute end to the Romanov dynasty. Nicholas faced several military defeats during his rule. Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet that was based at Port Arthur in 1904-1905. Its defeat damaged the Russian Prestige. It brought down with it, the esteem of the monarchy. He also had to face several defeats and losses during The Great War, World War 1.
When Germany decided to enter into The Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy, Russia logically saw Germany as a potential enemy, enemy, even though Czar Nicholas II was Kaiser Wilhelm’s cousin. Consequently Russia entered into the Triple Entente with Great Britain and France in 1914. Russia came into war on France’s side.

The war temporarily brought an end to the industrial unrest in Russia that started in 1904. However, later it returned. The war also brought Nicholas II political benefits. Russia stood behind him. Well, they stood behind him until things got increasingly difficult and downright unpleasant. The war was not going the direction that Nicholas II had expected. In 1915, Nicholas II was so dissatisfied with the Army’s conduct of war, that