Nicholas II: Remembered In Russian History

Nicholas II Nicholas II will always be remembered in Russian history because he was the last tsar to rule Russia, caused many downfalls to come to Russia, and that he was killed because of his actions. Because of his poor choices when ruling Russia, he would eventually be overthrown or killed due to his rash decisions.

Nikolay Aleksandrovich, or better known as Nicholas II, was born May 18, 1868. On May 26, 1896 succeeding his father in Moscow, Nicholas was crowned tsar of Russia. Nicholas was passionately devoted to his wife, Alexandra, whom he had married on November 26, 1894. The strength of character that he lacked, she carried, and under her influence he “sought advice from spiritualists and faith healers like Rasputin, who eventually acquired great power over the imperial couple.”(Britannica) He derived his authority from God, which he was responsible alone, it was his sacred duty to preserve and keep his absolute power intact. On the path his duty took him, Nicholas had struggled against himself. He had often tried to hide behind a mask of self-confident resolution. “His dedication to the dogma of
His people’s faith in him was waning. In that year, Russia had suffered a number of defeats in navy battles. “Alexandra had turned Nicholas’s mind against the popular commander in chief, his father’s cousin the grand duke Nicholas, and on September 5, 1915, the emperor dismissed him, assuming supreme command himself.” (Britannica) Duma was the name of a house of representatives that Nicholas created. Nicholas and Alexandra intended that both their older daughters should make their official debuts in 1914 when Olga was 19 and Tatiana was 17. Around this time Rasputin was murdered and his death did not even dispel NIcholas’s illusions: he disregarded the warning, as he did those by highly placed personages, and members of his own family. His isolation was