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NIKOLAY ALEKSANDROVICH
1868 - 1918
The Last Tsar -
Nicholas II
Nikolay Aleksandrovich was the last Czar of
Russia, ruling as
Nicholas II from 1894-1917, which
made
World War One
one of his many problems.
Nicholas' wife was
Alexandra,
or more to the point Aleksandra Fyodorovna. The
two got married in 1894. Before the marriage,
Alexandra used to be Alix, the German Princess
of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Nicholas and
Alexandra had five children, four girls and a
boy.
The daughters were
Tatiana,
Olga,
Maria,
Anastasia,
and the son was wee
Alexis. Alexis, also spelled Aleksey
or Aleksei, would have been the heir.
Nicholas' brother
was Grand Duke Michael, by the way.
NICHOLAS
AND ALEXANDRA WALKING THE DOG
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And here come the
kids.
NICHOLAS'
AND Alexandra's children
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Nicholas and his
entire family were killed after the October
Revolution.
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Nicholas II - Short Biography
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May 18, 1868
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Birth in Tsarskoye Selo, today's Pushkin, Russia |
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November 1,
1894
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old style) |
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Becomes czar, the Russian
emperor, upon the death of his father
Alexander III |
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November 26, 1894 |
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Marries
Alexandra |
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May 26, 1896 |
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Crowned in Moscow |
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March 3, 1905 |
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Promises a duma (
What is the Duma?) |
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October 30, 1905 |
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Issues October
Manifesto |
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May 1906 |
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Introduces Fundamental
Laws |
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July 29, 1914 |
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Russia orders partial
mobilization against Austria. |
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July 30, 1914 |
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Russia orders full
mobilization against Austria. |
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August 7, 1914 |
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Russia declares war on
Germany. |
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September 5, 1914 |
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Russia allies with France
and Great Britain.
Nicholas fires his
commander-in-chief and decides to be his successor. |
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March 8, 1917
(February 23, 1917
old style) |
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Russian Revolution of 1917 begins |
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March 15, 1917
(March 2, 1917
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Abdicates |
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April 1918 |
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Gets moved to
Yekaterinburg together with his family |
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Night of July 16/17, 1918 |
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Death in Yekaterinburg |
See also
Governments in History - Russian Empire
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