they forced him to step down from power. Czar Nicholas was born born Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov in Punshin,Russia, on May 6,1868(Biography.com Editors 1).He had a strong connection with his father Alexander, “Alexander was a strong influence on Nicholas II,shaping his conservative,religious values and his belief in autocratic”(Biography.com Editors 1).Nicholas grow up with great education he had private tutors along with a high-ranking government official named Konstantin.(Biography.com Editors 1)Nicholas seemed to grow up like a normal child he didn't go on any crazy adventures and didn't do anything so grateful as a child.When he was young and didn't really care about being the Czar, if it was his choice he wouldn't have taken it and given it to his brother.When Nicholas II was 13 years old, Alexander his grandfather was assassinated by a revolutionary bomber(Biography.com Editor 2).
Now that his grandfather was killed it was his father's turn to be the Czar of Russia, that meant that Nicholas was the heir apparent.Once Nicholas was older at around 19 years old he joined the russian military he was serving his country, ¨Nicholas II rose to rank of colonel.Although he was the crown prince of russia¨(Biography.com Editors 2). Nicholas II never really attended the meeting except for those held by the state council and the committee of ministers(Biography.com Editors 2).It was now Nicholas turn to take the throne after his father had died of kidney disease at the age of …show more content…
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Now that Nicholas II was the Czar of Russia he didn't want this position of being the Czar ¨Nicholas II hardly felt up to the task of assuming his father's role.In fact,he confessed to a close friend, ¨I am not prepared to be a Tzar.
I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruling”(Biography.com Editors 2). Now that he had such a important job he felt overwhelmed but kept on trying to do his best, although that did work out. NIcholas II had started to become very hated between the russian population, he didn't not look out for them and made horrible decisions such as when Japan attacked Russia, Russian military was brutally destroyed they had lost such a big war, and on January 5, 1905, there was a sizeable but peaceful demonstration of workers in
St.Petersburg
(Biography.com Editors 3),they were trying to make Nicholas realized the working condition that they have to work in but he wouldn't take it, russian troops opened fired on the civilians , they had killed more than a thousand people, and on that date January 5,1905 it was name ¨Bloody Sunday¨. Now the russians were furse at Nicholas for ordering that, so indignant workers went on strike must of Russia at the time was in strike, another example of Nicholas II bad decision making was in World War I russia was doing very bad and he decided to Make himself Commander-in-chief, and took power away from Grand Duke Nicholas (Biography.com Editors 4). This was not a very smart idea because after he had took the power of the Grand Duke Russia was in a military crisis they were losing every war, “Not only was NIcholas totally inexperienced in matters of war, his departure for the front meant that the running of the country was left to Alexandra-and worse,Rasputin,who immediately began appointing new members to the cabinet and the clergy(Axelrod 1) All these bad decision the NIcholas II lad up to him stepping down from the throne, one year later he was imprisoned and then taken to Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains, The family was “executed-slaughtered on the night of JUly 16/17, in the cellar of the house in which they were held(Axelrod 2).
In the book Animal Farm, George Orwell uses an allegory of Mr.Jones to represent Czar NicholasⅡduring the russian Revolution through when Mr.Jones was kicked out of his farm and how he was a bad ruler and the animal didn't like him. .The bad decisions of Mr.Jones and Czar Nicholas II lead up to them being killed out of there land, they both didn't care about the animals/people of russia.