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CZAR NICHOLAS II   1868 - 1918
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 was forced to abdicate on March 15, 1917.

Check this event in the Russian Revolution Timeline.


Nicholas' Family
Nicholas' father was  Czar Alexander III.

His mother was Maria Fyodorovna, aka Dagmar of Denmark.


 

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
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
 

And here come the kids.


NICHOLAS' AND Alexandra's children
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
 

 

Nicholas and his entire family were killed after the October Revolution.

 

 

Nicholas II - Short Biography
 

May 18, 1868
(May 6,
old style)

 

Birth in Tsarskoye Selo, today's Pushkin, Russia

     

November 1, 1894
(October 20,
old style)

 

Becomes czar, the Russian emperor, upon the death of his father Alexander III

     

November 26, 1894

 

Marries Alexandra

     

May 26, 1896

 

Crowned in Moscow

     

March 3, 1905

 

Promises a duma ( What is the Duma?)

     

October 30, 1905

 

Issues October Manifesto

     

May 1906

 

Introduces Fundamental Laws

     

July 29, 1914

 

Russia orders partial mobilization against Austria.

     

July 30, 1914

 

Russia orders full mobilization against Austria.

     

August 7, 1914

 

Russia declares war on Germany.

     

September 5, 1914

 

Russia allies with France and Great Britain.
Nicholas fires his commander-in-chief and decides to be his successor.

     

March 8, 1917
(February 23, 1917 
old style)

 

Russian Revolution of 1917 begins

     

March 15, 1917
(March 2, 1917 
old style)

 

Abdicates

     

April 1918

 

Gets moved to Yekaterinburg together with his family

     

Night of July 16/17, 1918

 

Death in Yekaterinburg

 

See also Governments in History - Russian Empire

 

 

 

 

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