Nicholas II was russian tsar wife last tsar of Russia under Romanov rule whose handling of Bloody Sunday and WWI led to his abdication. I am not prepared to be a tsar.

I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruling. Nicholas II was the last tsar of Russia under Romanov rule. His poor handling of Bloody Sunday and Russia’s role in World War I led to his abdication and execution. He inherited the throne when his father, Alexander III, died in 1894. Although he believed in autocracy, he was eventually forced to create an elected legislature. Nicholas II’s handling of Bloody Sunday and World War I incensed his subjects and led to his abdication.

The Russian public blamed Nicholas II for his poor military decisions, and Empress Alexandra for her ill-advised role in government. Because Alexandra was originally from Germany, suspicion spread that she might have even deliberately sabotaged Russia, ensuring its defeat in the war. By February of 1917, Nicholas II’s subjects were in such an uproar that riots broke out in St. Nicholas was still headquartered at Mogilev at the time. After the Duma elected their own provisional committee built of progressive bloc members, and the soldiers sent to quash the St.

In the fall of 1917 Russia’s provisional government was overthrown by the Bolsheviks. In the spring of 1918 Russia was engaged in a civil war. Reeling from the loss, and poorly trained in affairs of state, Nicholas II hardly felt up to the task of assuming his father’s role. In fact, he confessed to a close friend, “I am not prepared to be a tsar. Once he ascended the throne, Nicholas II had to marry and have children expediently, in order to secure a future heir to the throne.

The following year, Nicholas II was officially crowned as the tsar of Russia. During a mobbed public celebration of the coronation near Moscow, thousands of people were stampeded to death. Unaware of the event, Nicholas II and Alexandra were all smiles as they went on to celebrate the coronation at a ball. The couple’s oblivion made a poor first impression on Nicholas II’s new subjects. In 1897 the couple gave birth to a second daughter, Tatiana. She was followed by a third, named Maria, in 1899 and a fourth, named Anastasia, in 1901.