Nicholas II Quotes


What a pity so few


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Nicholas II, 1868-1918, Last Czar of Russia, Note written in the margin of a report from the Governor of Ufa indicating that 47 people had been killed while he was quelling a labor disturbance.

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The general had reported to the Czar that he had peacefully dissipated a protesting mob without firing a shot. The Czar felt that the absence of shooting and killing protesters would simply encourage more protests. See {613675}.


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Nicholas II
Nicholas II
  • Born: May 18, 1868
  • Died: July 17, 1918
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Royalty

Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov, known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer, was the last Emperor of All Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. During his reign, Russia embarked on a series of reforms including the introduction of civil liberties, literacy programs, state representation, and initiatives to modernize the empire's infrastructure. Ultimately, this progress was undermined by Nicholas's commitment to autocratic rule, as well as defeats sustained by the Russian military in the Russo-Japanese war and World War I. By March 1917, public support for Nicholas had collapsed and he was forced to abdicate the throne, thereby ending the Romanov dynasty's 300-year rule of Russia.