Anastasia Nikolaevna Nicholas II was the last Russian tsar of the Romanov dynasty. He was married to tsarina Alexandria‚ and together they had five children: Olga‚ Tatiana‚ Maria‚ Anastasia‚ and Alexei. The family was murdered after Nicholas’ abdication of the throne and being placed under house arrest at the Ipatiev House. Graves were discovered later‚ but it seemed that some of the family was missing. Anastasia and Alexei’s bodies were not found. This mystery inspired movies‚ and some people even
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Farmer Jones to the real-life Czar Nicholas II of Russia who was also overthrown by those he controlled. Nicholas II was the last czar of Russia. He was born on the 6th of May 1868 and this day‚ ominously‚ turned out to be the Orthodox feast day of St. Job the Sufferer. This seemed to foretell the dangerous and troublesome life that Nicholas had ahead of him (“Czar”). Unlike his father Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov‚ a giant and intimidating leader‚ Nicholas was merely 5’6” and had a gentle personality
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began ruling in 1613‚ when Mikhail Feodorvich became the sovereign elect of all of Russia. When Nicholas Romanov became tsar after his father’s kidney failure‚ he confessed to a close friend‚ "I am not prepared to be a tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruling."(Nicholas the 2nd). Though Nicholas had the best education available‚ his father had failed to teach Nicholas the ways of a ruler before
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was married to the Russian Tsar Nicholas II in 1849. The fact that Alexandra took over the power of interior affairs as well as her character and crucial decisions she made‚ together greatly contributed to the end of Tsarism. Tsarina Alexandra took over the power of interior affairs at a crucial moment in September 1915‚ which was one of the ways she contributed to the end of Tsarism in Russian empire. At this point in history of the first world war‚ Tsar Nicholas II took command of the Russian Army
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MODERN STUDY NOTES: TITLE SUBHEADING NOTES Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty Nicholas II as an Autocrat Nicholas II: Weak and indecisive leader; gentle. Uneducated. Tsar refused to move with times; see changes and reforms. Close relations with Queen Victoria. Manipulated/Heavily influenced by wife Tsarina Alexandra. Austrian princess – granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Pressured Nicholas to preserve autocracy. Autocracy: Russian 1900’s – Tsar + family ruled completely – no democracy
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Individual consumers need to become more aware of technologies effect on craftsmanship because individual users are distracted from true craftsmanship by technology. Within Nicholas Carr’s essay‚” Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ technology and company’s such as Google are distracting one away from a desire for craftsmanship. Nicholas Carr raises the point
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affair with Raspution so by February 1917 the government was in chaos. The army abandoned the Tsar. On 8 March 1917‚ there were riots in Petrograd about the food shortages and the war. Duma abandoned the Tsar. On 13 March members of the Duma went to Nicholas to tell him to abdicate. d) There are various reasons why the March 1917 revolution was successful. There are relatively widespread but not major facts like the discontent of the Russian people which helped the revolution to be successful and one
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such as the kadets‚ octoberists‚ and progressives from the fourth duma organised themselves into the progressive bloc and demanded change effectively asking for a constitutional monarchy IN September the defeats on the austri-hungarian front led Nicholas to make the disastrous decision to take on the role of commander in chief of the Russian army and navy travel to the front line. THIS NEW POSITION DID NOTHING BUT PUT HIM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VARYING DISASTERS WHICH BEFELL HIS TROOPS AND STATE‚ WHILST
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emperor of Russia and his heirs would carry on his principles and his way of ruling throughout the century’s to build a strong nation. The Tsars of the Romanov dynasty would carry on ruling till the last reign in 1890-1917 which was held by Tsar Nicholas II son of Tsar Alexander III‚ it was his and his father’s reign which changed Russia from having its own system (tsarism) to become a nation with a fair government just like the European nations of their time. At first glance the Tsar’s were thought
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Rasputin to live in his apartment. As if by intervention‚ Rasputin befriended Milica of Montenegro and her sister Anastasia – both of whom were interested in Persian mysticism‚ spiritism and occultism. In November 1905‚ Milica presented Rasputin to Tsar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra – ultimately changing the course of Rasputin’s life and the political direction of
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