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Nicholas II of Russia

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Biography

Name: Nicholas, II
Birth Date: 1868
Death Date: 1918
Gender: Male
Occupations: czar

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Biography of Nicholas, II
1,463 words, approx. 5 pages
Nicholas II (1868-1918), the czar of Russia from 1894 to 1917, was a staunch defender of autocracy. A weak monarch, he was forced to abdicate, thus ending more than 300 years of Romanov rule in Russia. The son of Alexander III, Nicholas was born on May...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Nicholas Ii
222 words, approx. 1 pages
(born May 18, 1868, Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg, Russia—died July 16/17, 1918, Yekaterinburg) Tsar of Russia (1894–1917). Son of Alexander III, he received a military education and succeeded his father as tsar in 1894. He was an...
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Nicholas
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(born Nov. 18, 1856, St. Petersburg, Russia—died Jan. 5, 1929, Antibes, France) Russian grand duke. The nephew of Tsar Alexander II, he entered the imperial army (1872) and served in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78). As inspector general of...
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Nicholas II of Russia Information
13,805 words, approx. 46 pages
Nicholas II of Russia (Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov) (19 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July [O.S. 4 July] 1918) (Russian: Никола́й II, Nikolay II) was the last Tsar of Russia, King of Poland,[1] and Grand Duke of Finland. He ruled from 1894...


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Contemporary Review
Nicholas II Emperor of All the Russias.
08/01/1993: 743 words, approx. 3 pages
Dominic Lieven. John Murray. 292pp. 19.99[pounds]. 0 7195 4994 9. It may be argued that seldom do academic historians, or novelists for that matter, make good biographers. Academics tend to be concerned more with issues than with people, partly because reputable universities...
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History Today
Nicholas II: Emperor of All the Russias (book reviews)
05/01/1996: 1,330 words, approx. 4 pages
As a Russian historian, I always have mixed feelings when reviewing books about Russia by foreign colleagues. It is important, on the one hand, to establish what contribution a new work has made to the understanding of its subject in all languages. But,...
 


Criticism and Essays
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Abdication of Nicholas II
1,832 words, approx. 6 pages
Explains the events that led to the abdication and subsequent death of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Provides a brief biography of Tsar Nicholas and discusses Russia's participation in World War I.
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Essay Grade: 83%
The Last Tsar: Nicholas II
595 words, approx. 2 pages
Describe Nicholas II was the last empror of Russia before the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Facts about his leadership ability, personality and involvement in World War I.
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Essay Grade: 83%
The Contribution of Nicholas to the Collapse of Tsarism
575 words, approx. 2 pages
By the beginning of the 20th century, Russia was a backward and antiquated agricultural society. A great part this problem was due to Nicolas II's inefficient leadership of his country. But the main problem was that the entire system of absolute autocracy and very nature of the social structure was fundamentally flawed'. The flaws of Nicholas and Tsarism and the role he played in his demise


 

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