The Terrible Story of the Last Tsar of Russia: The Life of Nicholas II - See U in History

The Terrible Story of the Last Tsar of Russia: The Life of Nicholas II - See U in History
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[@glennmorganfan9411]

One of my Great Grandfathers was a baker to the Czar. When the revolution began he escaped and opened a bakery in Estonia.

[@duncancurtis1758]

Good for him. Lenin would have said share the bread or else, capitalist scumbag!

[@Ктоя-ь1м]

@@duncancurtis1758 lol XD

[@theodoremacewko7757]

What would you do if I told you that tsar nicholas had secret grandchildren and I decended from nicholas ?

[@viciousmindzentertainment9307]

@@theodoremacewko7757 I would say let Vladimir deal with those headaches …🤔…for now 🧐

[@adambashaxd420]

@@viciousmindzentertainment9307 yeah

[@yousaywhatnow2195]

My great-great grandmother was one of the people that fled Russia after the soviets took over. Being a teacher beforehand, and politically a tsarist, she fled to China when the authorities were about to take her away (she was warned by a neighbor), where she met my great-great grandfather in Shanghai. Ironically when my great-grandmother (her daughter) got a scholarship to an Australian university during the Second World War, they were both captured (she was escorting her there) by the Japanese in the Philippines while her transport ship which was stopped there for resupply at the time they attacked Manila and she was put into a Japanese internment camp. The only reason the rest of the family exists today is because one of the soldiers that liberated her camp (an American g.I.) and her (my great-grandmother) ended up falling in love at the time. There’s been a lot of chaos and pain that can be attributed in part to the fall of the tsars as a root cause, and in some ways, some new beginnings.

[@RainierTy1]

Wow such an an insane story… this is why I love history

[@rwilliamisen]

There is a sad but beautiful irony to the end of your story. Thank you for sharing your story. It shows and recognizes that new beginnings can arise from a terrible past.

[@mariakelly90210]

Your great-great grandmother lead an interesting life!

[@thunderbird1921]

What is absolutely remarkable is that some Romanov relatives DID escape the Bolsheviks, and their descendants are alive today IN Russia! To add stunner upon stunner, their leader has openly condemned the war on Ukraine!

[@deneshbhaskar3944]

so u must be really mixed. I am glad I am 100 percent pure born as lord voldemort would say :D

[@josebenito15]

I've always been fascinated by Russian History and I've found this documentary very well done. Thanks so much for uploading it. 🚩🚩🚩

[@LazarOrthodox04]

1991

[@ryanh4775]

The Russo-Japanese war is a classic example of when keeping it real goes wrong.

[@jon82489]

Reminds me of the US/ Vietnam War

[@Tryingtogetradical]

He was doomed from the start. Just one failure after another, one omen after another.

[@MrMirville]

From the Bloody Sunday on he should have considered that he was doomed and spared his family what was awaiting him. He should have divorced his queen for any nasty pretext and disinherited his progeny while securing them residence in Alaska or Canada.

[@dsoule4902]

Much discussion as the whether or not anyone could've salvaged Russia by this point. N2 did well as tsar in education ag industry. Who would not be reluctant in taking on a job which found half the prior position holders were murdered?

[@andrewpytko4773]

Like Joe Biden.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@andrewpytko4773 Like Trump.

[@andrewpytko4773]

@@SymphonyBrahms Trump had one success after another. Point to one, success Joe Biden has had.

[@laken1804]

The resemblance with his cousin George V, is incredible.

[@julieblount5674]

Look at their mothers

[@dieterdelange9488]

They were calles the "Handsome Twins".

[@keeleywild6386]

Prince Michael of Kent has a very similar look even now.

[@yogeshchaurasia5611]

The betrayal by George V is also incredible

[@maggiemae7539]

Prince Michael of Kent looks like him also

[@maxtravers1314]

This guy and Louis XVI always strike me as such “wrong place wrong time…” Neither seem like bad men, and likely would have preferred a more “normal” life. Louis was considered a skilled mechanist, and probably would have preferred to live as a tinkerer or watchmakers. They were Undone more by their terrible circumstances and their personal unfitness for power than any kind of malice. Tragic, all around tragic

[@oh_riley7104]

Ol Nicky was violently anti-Semitic and oversaw the pogroms of "Fivel" fame. People don't like to talk about that part tho.

[@madi22908]

Seeing the ргораganda of today….🧐

[@adaptercrash]

There's of them they can't even tell which one is the real one

[@jon82489]

They could've idk helped their subjects more than their own self interests when their economies crashed or was in crisis But they didn't because they felt comfortable in letting their subjects die because they were secure and safe and watched their subjects live in misery

[@theCosmicQueen]

yes, not to mention, being setup by thier predecessors, espcially Louis the 15th, who said. " Apres moi, le Deluge" ( after me, the Flood) and he was referring Noah's flood. He was a pretty corrupt dude. thought nothing of his family's future apparently. Nor of his country's well being. it' s not like i am biased against them... it's just fact.

[@j.d.snyder4466]

If political savvy had anything to do with autocracy (very rare), the most logical thing that could've been done was to have let Nicholas pass on becoming tsar. One of his uncles could have become the new tsar guided by a Duma that had some real power. Nicholas lacked interest and aptitude for the job. He could have instead devoted all of his time to his beloved family. The tragedy and his downfall was the autocracy itself.

[@davidlogan4329]

Nicholas was the autocrat, the totally incompetent representative of the autocracy.

[@LaHabana41]

Pride and an obstinate, ignorant and domineering woman, Alexandra, should have advised the tsar to step down. Their only son and heir could die any moment, and he was not apt to be tsar.

[@rageraptor7127]

I spent a whole year tryna grow my beard and mustache like the tsars. It worked but my family kept calling me a hobbo so I gave up

[@WhatDoYouExpectToHappen]

My sincere condolences sir

[@TheMightyBlackPearl]

My husband did the same. 🤣

[@willandrews9741]

Lol I feel your pain, I’ve never attempted that but do let my beard grow lots of times and some people just are not fans of that much power and virility in so regal a form perfected on ones face there to confront their shame of not having a mighty mane

[@TheMightyBlackPearl]

@@willandrews9741 🤣🤣🤣 I just spit my water! I can't with you lol. You have me in tears laughing!

[@rdallas81]

Youre funny.

[@wendiesweetwood5099]

When the first of the Russian Revolutions took place,my great great grandparents had fled Russia, and ended up setting in Berlin. They had a successful Jewish bakery that was family ran. Once the Nazis came into power. My great grandparents were sent to the concentration camps, where they were put to work, even though my great grandparents lost their entire families to the gas chambers. After the concentration camps were liberated, my grandparents had managed to find each other after the war,which is also when they had decided to move to Canada before they came to the United States.

[@Rasmajnoon]

Find out the ethnicity of all the romanov executioners in the basement

[@yannicbauer72]

@@Rasmajnoon he is making up this story, to divert fro mthe fact that ALL communist leaders were jvvish ( incl. stalin who converted in his youth when he joined a bolshevik gang )

[@harpsdesire4200]

@@Rasmajnoon It's a shame about the children but Nicky and his wife 100 percent brought their demise on themselves. If you oppress ethnic minorities in your country don't be surprised when they clap back

[@BoatsNhoes824]

Should’ve stayed in Canada brotha

[@MeccatoVatican]

Wow true survival story love your family 👍🏼👍🏼

[@ruatsangawhite7261]

such a sad story,he may be incompetent and make mistakes but for a father to lose his family in such a way and clearly knows that he was unable to protect his family in his last moments..i can't help but feel sorry for them

[@grigorig1055]

Keep in mind that the folks that died on the day of his coronation also had families yet he continued with his celebration. I feel no sympathy for him nor his family. They were living lavishly whilst the people were dying of hunger.

[@henriqueesteves7162]

@@grigorig1055 They didn't live lavishly. If you don't know the details of this part of history, refrain yourself from making distateful coments like this one...

[@MeMe-ms2ly]

@@henriqueesteves7162 truth is both of you are speculating

[@mmpdg]

@@grigorig1055 exactly!

[@mmpdg]

The czar didn't care about his own people, lost his empire for the disgusting communists.....sadly.

[@starvinmarvingamer9068]

It just feels like Russia is a country that will always have this fixation towards violence, particularly when it comes to their politics/governments. Their history seems riddled with it, even after the monarchy ended. The unfortunate thing is, as with many other countries that have been under the rule of tyrants, the people end up suffering the most. With Russia though, you can make the case that things got much worse for the population in the years that followed the revolution. The Russians have had many Czars that have ruled with an iron fist, but I don't think any one of them were nearly as bad as Josef Stalin.

[@goode612]

Ivan the terrible wasn’t even that bad. He just killed his son and lowered the power of the boyars a lot. The main reason he is called the terrible is cause of the boyars part. In reality he did really well and was a lot more wholesome during that time compared to others.

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@goode612 Apparently, Stalin respected Ivan the Terrible.

[@freddie792]

Vladimir Putin (21st century)

[@jailcatjones3250]

Sounds familiar

[@edubvb5193]

idk if much worse, pre-revolution most russians were just serfs with no right to freedom

[@darbyohara]

Nicolas II was a very weak man.

[@johac7637]

My Grampa left Chernovitz Austria in 1905 with my Gramma and Dad ,1 uncle, for Canada, he said he sense the war and the bloodshed and followed a brother to America, the land of peace and opportunity, my cousin still farms the farm in Saskatchewan. I love history, but hate the brutal history, our Creator must weep too, saying what more could I of done. So sad.

[@theCosmicQueen]

yes, many germans and others from those areas came to the usa and canada in the late 1800s- early 1900's, and became farmers and other important workers. Missing the wars, thank God. Including my own great grandpa.

[@liahad4421]

Grand Dutchess Maria was the last to die.She was not killed instantly,but minutes after everyone else.She was killed after she screamed in panic.

[@dieterdelange9488]

Also, the daughters weren't killed immediately because they had sewn jewellery into their corsets, which acted as an armor against the bullets. They were then brutally finished off with bayonets and shots to the head. Socialists dismissed them sewing jewellery into their clothing as typical bourgeois "greed", but from an economic point it makes sense: if they were sent into exile, then they could sell the jewellery to survive.

[@maureendonnelly3873]

Fun fact Nicholas and the ruler of Germany were cousins related to queen Victoria.

[@misiasert1348]

Nicholas, s mum,dagma, was sister of queen Alexandra of Britain, married to King Edward 7th. Kaiser wilhelm of Germany, was the oldest son of Queen Victoria,s oldest daughter, Vicki.. Most royal families were related through blood or marriage.

[@Dav1Gv]

And the King of England George V - all first cousins - but, thank goodness, George wasn't the ruler of Britain.

[@mbrennan459]

Not first cousins, but 2nd cousins. Both were cousins of George V. All were also first or second cousins to Nicholas’ wife Alexandra who was also a grandchild of Queen Victoria.

[@maryhlad5277]

Tsar Nikolas was also cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.

[@woodfairy93]

At the wedding of his uncle it was rhe last time all 3 cousins would see each other before the war started

[@arjunpandav7077]

It was a great mistake by Tsar to go to front line and take charge or Army, He should have been controlling the country and should have assigned an able general.

[@TyB211]

Him and all the men in his family look sooo identical

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

6:35 When young, he and his cousin King George V of England looked like twins.

[@tamaraprentice9280]

@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz I read they were twin brothers.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@tamaraprentice9280 They were not twin brothers. They were cousins.

[@tamaraprentice9280]

@@SymphonyBrahms yes I know that’s what they say, but I swear I read they were in fact twin brothers. Separated at birth. One was kept in England. The other sent to the Czar to raise as his own. History has been so twisted and convoluted. Who knows what to believe. But, you have to admit their resemblance is uncanny. I also read Anastasia did not die with her family. She lived, and Melania Trump is her great great granddaughter. Of course I don’t know the facts. I wasn’t there, but these are the stories I heard and read.

[@lizzystitch4842]

Inbreeding.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Can you please do a video on the royal family of Versailles?

[@israelholi7597]

WHITHOUT THE BACKGROUND MUSIC PLEASE.

[@eugenechilufya1751]

I love your narration, great voice. I have enjoyed

[@kathryneconomou791]

A terrible Tsar. Unfortunately for his five beautiful children.

[@theCosmicQueen]

HE WAS INFINITELY BETTER THAN THE REVOLUTIONARIES OR STALIN ETC.

[@JuanHernandez-ry9dr]

This guy was a total failure as a king. Indirectly he was responsible for the death oh his entire family. Very sad.

[@bearhakuna514]

its enough to praise this royals while all hungry the people ...

[@plamenivanov92]

Alex was the favorite granddaughter of Queen Victoria she wanted her to be the next queen so she encouraged a romance between Alex and her cousin Albert Victor but Alex was already in love with Nicholas (whom she affectionately called Nicky) Feodorovna was a traditional Russian name for foreign princesses ho got on the throne Feodor meaning Gift of God in Greek

[@LaHabana41]

As it is shown in the tv series The Crown, it was queen Mary, George V's wife, who disapproved the bringing the Romanovs to England. BUT, they could have been sent to any part of the British Empire, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong, you name it.

[@dieterdelange9488]

In the end, it would still have caused political tension no matter where they went. Very sad.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Don't believe The Crown. That is fiction. What happened was the Prime Minister and the cabinet convinced George that his own crown might be in danger, because Nicholas was not liked in England. And nobody wanted them. Canada and Australia were afraid of the consequences, and they refused to take them. And even the United States didn't want them. You have no idea how disliked Nicholas was.

[@lizzystitch4842]

The goal of the revolutionists was to ensure the autocratic tsars NEVER regained power in Russia again. In reality, the family would never be allowed to go into exile in another country, albeit into the ground, permanently.

[@MLA56]

Until DNA testing, a LOT of people believed they secretly had been.

[@camoss3724]

One slight error I'd like to point out. The documentary states that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in May of 1914, when in fact he and his wife were murdered on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo.

[@maryhlad5277]

The betrayal of Tsar Nikolay and the rest of the Russian Imperial family angers me to no end.

[@thecr6402]

@diditgood53 lol

[@chrismc410]

@diditgood53 nor could you under Lenin and certainly not under Stalin

[@theCosmicQueen]

@diditgood53 That in no way justifies what was done!!!! things could have changed gradually. BUT THEY ONLY GOT MUCH MUCH WORSE! BECAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION BY TRAITORS AND ENEMIES WITHIN WHO WERE NOT REALLY RUSSIAN!

[@Zeno308]

@diditgood53 There is no reason why you should speak your mind.

[@Zeno308]

@diditgood53 yeah i would.

[@Napp28]

over 100 yrs later and still such a tragedy! May they rest in peace

[@vaughnreedjr6592]

Nooo

[@solong53]

😂

[@claremammen1657]

Its incredibly sad how Nicolous got sooo mislead, and couldn't make decisions based on the logic or heart for the people of Russia. I honestly don't think he knew how to rule with a backbone and stand firm in his choices. It's incredibly sad how this inercent family got murdered, apart of me wishes the family could of had a sound chance to do right by the people.

[@theCosmicQueen]

well, all of the children either had hemophilia or were carriers of it. So it wouldn't be good for them to marry and have kids necessarily. But still it's a tragedy.

[@laurencrossan]

@@theCosmicQueen most of Victoria I’s descendants inclusive of Great Britain’s current king have a risk of haemophilia

[@davidlogan4329]

Nicholas was grossly incompetent. He received highly intelligent advice and never took it.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@laurencrossan most of Queen Victoria's descendants did not pass on haemophilia. Alice and Beatrice were carriers. Her son Leopold was a haemophiliac. The rest of her children did not pass on any haemophilia. Remember Victoria had 9 children.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@laurencrossan haemophilia only went through the decendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's children Princess Alice, Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice. None of their other children passed it on. It is not part of the descendants of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

[@mojidrugari2777]

It's terrible that people rejoice over anyone's death and some comments here are absolutely horrible.

[@kathymetzger5862]

The book above about the Czar and his family is call Nicholas and Alexandria a story of love that ended an Empire by Robert K. Massie

[@LaHabana41]

A great book, well written and true

[@DawnReiFaun]

"cousin and brother George V" And I'm done.

[@dsoule4902]

Uh oh. Is thst in the vid? That N2 & G5 were brothers? P

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@dsoule4902 They were not brothers. They were cousins.

[@dsoule4902]

@@SymphonyBrahms yes. We know. The context is that that was yet another error in the vid, which made it unwatchable. Smh

[@mrrcassidy]

In 1989....1998. Dyslexia rules KO!

[@ramoncastanos1674]

6th largest country? The Russian Empire was as large as 1/6 of the total of the surface, check that man...

[@CliffCardi]

I think he meant by population

[@theavandenberg6876]

I feel sorry for the four princesses and the little heir to the throne. They didn't deserve their fate. But Nicholas was a stubborn foolish man . And Alexandra was not suited for her high position. She could hardly be bothered to do the bare minimum. And after the birth of Alexej she basically lost her mind

[@cody4916]

Fun fact: Tsar Nicholas II was the first cousin of King George V, who is the paternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth

[@theCosmicQueen]

most royal houses of europe are descended from queen victoria.

[@robyroberson3661]

They looked alike.

[@laurencrossan]

That’s what I just pointed out to someone further up about the link to haemophilia and the closest living relative to the romanovs (both paternal and maternal) was Prince Philip who married Queen Elizabeth II, father of King Charles III.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@laurencrossan no haemophilia was passed on to Prince Philip or his sisters. His mother was not a carrier. Her mother was not either.

[@xenaires]

And George and Nicholas bore an uncanny resemblance to each other.

[@JoseFernandez-qt8hm]

started two war and lost. got what every loser deserves......

[@MoonLightWright]

Very, very detailed documentary of this family and the timeline of their rule. I thank you for this wonderful video!

[@charliemcternan8190]

There have been many terrifying leaders Russia and their countries love it

[@ddiiaannaa6435]

Because they were strong personalities and held the country in strong hands.Weak government does not take root in Russia and creates even bigger problems (crisis, uprisings, foreign intervention, etc.). As a Russian, I say that we historically understand only the language of power

[@molotov7000]

@@ddiiaannaa6435 True, and I like strong Russia. Not a Russia of Boris Yeltsin or guys like him.

[@AlexusYoung-t5k]

Nicholas preferred to speak Russian at home to his security, staff & children (he also could read & write Russian).. However, he always spoke English to some of his English staff and to his wife Alexandra. Outside within society at large, the family spoke French as that was the fashionable language of the day.

[@D8Alexx]

😢that execution, I can imagine the fear the felt

[@bigeneingers]

Because Nicholas was an idiot. He didn’t listen to anyone and I think he just didn’t have the strength to be Tsar. He would have been better off being a Russian farmer.

[@michaelleslie6992]

@@bigeneingers well thst because his father failed to teach him and mentor him

[@bigeneingers]

@@michaelleslie6992 lots of parents fail to teach and mentor their kids. Even royalty. That's one of many reaons why our society is messed up. Don't make excuses. He really wasn't fit to rule.

[@michaelleslie6992]

@@bigeneingers u missing g the point he was not only a parent he was the leader. And monarch of an empire and did not teach his son any ways to run a country as an absolute ruler. But truth be told this is. When all the great monarchs called due to the rise of people wanting freedom and control of their lives not by a monarch

[@dsoule4902]

@@bigeneingers he would've preferred to be a simple farmer, yes. But he was not an idiot or a fool. He relied heavily on Stolypin. After his trusted PM was assassinated Nicolas had no one. Treachery and betrayal surrounded him. At one point it was such that couldn't even have a personal Secretary

[@anderson357]

Archduke Frank Ferdinand was assassinated in June 1914 and not May as said in the video

[@robertdefehr7791]

Amazing narrators voice

[@duncancurtis1758]

The demise of the Russian Crown had been a long time coming way back to the mid 19th Century but few studied Marx at first.

[@Tboy439]

You sir are correct!! The planning for the Russian Revolution began at the conference of Vienna in 1814-15.

[@dsoule4902]

Spasiba. People criticize N2. But there wasn't much he could do to change the course of Russian history . That train was at full speed by the time he was handed power.

[@geoffreycharles6330]

@@Tboy439 Why? How do you know?

[@Tboy439]

@@geoffreycharles6330 ...Because I've actually studied history, and not relied on what our Zio written history books have force fed us. When I get a little time I will explain why the actual planning started in 1814-15.

[@geoffreycharles6330]

@@Tboy439 and where di you study/ read this history?

[@simonf8902]

He had a great beard anyways.

[@dieterdelange9488]

😂

[@margab.1962]

What a coincedence that i'm watching anastasia when this video popped in my notificafion

[@paintedweasels]

I was remembering that movie and its artwork during this whole thing lol

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Too bad that she was a fraud.

[@book8794]

The worst tsar, weak and cruel

[@matthewhawk1038]

I find early Russian history very interesting and how Austria England and Russian rulers were all cousins and called each other Franky georgie and Nicky. One family to rule most of the known world. And all the czarist rulers are interesting and being an autocratic empire is a much better way to get things done just hard to say what is right or wrong decisions until you see the outcome. But my heart goes out to Nicholas 11 and the Romanov family in general there was no reason to do them that way. But who knows the real truth it could be much different than we are told. If you ruled Russia as an autocrat wouldn't u surround yourself with trusted security especially in times of revolt or war?

[@SymphonyBrahms]

There was no trusted security. Once Nicholas abdicated he became a prisoner. The security vanished and the soldiers turned against him. First under the provisional government. Then under the Bolsheviks. The real truth is that the people turned against him.

[@donnablackwood5909]

I have never forgiven England for for not protecting the Romanov family. It still upsets me.

[@pauloaustria7798]

Bro the English people does not want them.

[@Arandomperson_online]

I know but there was a reason wish I knew why

[@davidlogan4329]

There was no way to get them out.

[@missKushite]

How was the Tsar not advised on the issues that was going on in his vast empire? Wondering 🤔 💭 why...

[@SymphonyBrahms]

He was isolated from reality.

[@analynn8110]

His advisors kind of…despised him (putting it lightly) so they would give him purposely bad advice and lie to him about the current state of his people and empire. One man for an entire empire, who only makes and breaks through the whispers mouthed into their ears.

[@rameshsingh2480]

All collaborated with Bolsheviks. even white army was also encouraging revolution and helping revolutionaries and they were following orders from Vladimir Lenin.

[@davidlogan4329]

He had a massive number of advisers. He largely ignored their highly intelligent advice.

[@Chris-Someguy]

Political intrigue, I would presume some of his "faithful vassals and advisors" were working against him behind the scenes

[@Calciu_83]

12:34 Seriously?!? That's all you're going to say? You're not going to mention the representatives of other countries demanded he show up to the ball, or that he provided financial support for EVERY victim, or that he personally visited the hospitals that housed them after? Very dishonest.

[@janehastie3464]

A very sad, tragic story of the Romanov family. It is depressing that all the Romanov family members were brutally and horribly murdered by Lenin and Trotsky. Too many members of the royal family s in Great Britain were using the Romanov family members as scapegoats.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@janehastie3464 Not true. King George was told by the Prime Minister to refuse entry to Nicholas. And in England, the Prime Minister and Parliament have all the power. The king is just a figurehead.

[@tajhotel704]

I can surely say another one is in the making & will rise up soon.

[@victordennett]

I'm glad to know now that Nicholas was brilliant, kind, and perfect. He did good for Rushun people. Can't believe bad bads did bad on his cute cute babies.

[@ramdom_assortment]

Nicholas' first big mistake was not executing those soldiers that shot civilians.

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

Why would he have done that? Those soldiers were following his orders.

[@ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ]

Actually, his first big mistake was to declare that he's going to preserve autocracy. It wouldn't have been an issue if Nicholas was like his father: strong-willed, extremely drilled in administrative and military duties and overall knows what is what. But he wasn't. The second was siding with the pro-war party in the government and agree to defend the Russian interests in Manchuria and Korea even by force

[@the_anuragsrivastava]

I feel with deep grief for the tragedic fate of poor Nicholas and his family members 😢😢

[@vaughnreedjr6592]

Nooo

[@Eazy-ERyder]

Me too. They suffered an undeserved and horrible fate. Bless the Tzars

[@davidlogan4329]

@@Eazy-ERyder millions of ordinary Russians died needlessly under Nicholas. Their fate was far worse.

[@williaminavanbottle9297]

If there ever was a Paper Tiger...It was this man. He might as well have been on stage playing...A Zsar

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

What about every single us president since the federal reserve act? Or what about every single PM of canada since pierre trudeau stopped using the bank of canada? Jeez, from the 70s to early 2000s every single canadian PM worked for the same company before becoming PM. 🤣🤣 so it doesn't matter who you voted for, they all worked for "power corporation of canada".

[@newnormal1841]

The life of opulence while the rest lived in severe poverty Is it any different now? 🤺💐

[@rameshsingh2480]

No.inequality is imposed by nature itself. evil rulers just amplify it .we will never get rid of inequality.

[@terrybardy2848]

It's been that way almost since day one!

[@shirleyporter7608]

I don’t actually think Nicholas was cruel and heartless - he was of a weak and gentle nature who listen to too many others because he was so inexperienced!! He was also besotted with a very self willed wife who he couldn’t say no to. If he had publicised his son’s illness and had the courage to remove Rasputin against his wife’s wishes things might have been different. As it was we should have given them refuge but instead King George V was too cowardly to let them in to England and is directly responsible for their execution. - shame on you shame George. Poor Nicholas was nota monster just I’ll advised and not too intelligent

[@theCosmicQueen]

his country was the largest on earth- probably very difficult to know everything he needed to know! but no doubt relied on governors and officials, obviously were not the best ones...

[@SymphonyBrahms]

King George V wasn't directly responsible. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet discouraged George from taking them. And in England, the Prime Minister and Parliament rule. The king has no real power. He is just a figurehead.

[@gerardopc1]

Nick was a handsome man

[@zzzbbbooo]

And?

[@paulmicheldenverco1]

My understanding is the Duma was powerless. They could easily be vetoed.

[@ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ]

It's true. Nicholas wasn't inclined to hand over any serious power to the Duma to begin with

[@SymphonyBrahms]

The Duma had been abolished by then, and Lenin was running the country.

[@ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ]

@@SymphonyBrahms true. But it's not like it had any real power during the time it existed. Nicholas might have had to give ground to the revolutionaries in 1905, but that doesn't mean that he had given up on his autocratic worldview. So, he made sure that he'd be able to veto the Duma whenever it was at odds with him and his ministers. The first two Dumas were abolished and the third was able to run through its full tenure because they were from the wealthy elite Nicholas was supporting and because they were little more than yessir puppets

[@mariakelly90210]

You forgot to mention Nicholas's pre-marital affair with the famous Russian ballerina Matilde Kressiniska.

[@annacostello5181]

Not relevant

[@dsoule4902]

Phone Hack. I'm not owning that crude deleted comment. The Tsar was a young man then, and "when we are young ....". Leave them alone

[@rdallas81]

@@dsoule4902 Being young is no excuse for anything. In USSR a child of 12 years was considered a adult and can be executed.

[@Canev821]

Was Russia better off in the imperial era rather than the communist or modern Russia?

[@theCosmicQueen]

YES. far far better and coming along.

[@Tina06019]

My husband’s Jewish grandparents escaped from the Tsarist pogroms in Ukraine in the very early 1910s. Autocracy is not a good way to govern a country - because everything depends on the nature & abilities of one person. Nicholas II was good-hearted but overwhelmed. One the other hand, Tsar Putin is capable, but evil.

[@rachelgarber1423]

Ike, my father-in-law’s family left the country to escape the Tsar. His older brother was the last of his nine siblings born in Russia at age 2. I hate to say it but I have no pity for him. He treated his subjects in the most brutal manner.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

Were they part of the "6 million in danger in russia" that zionist newspapers predicted before ww1? They also predicted 6 million in danger ww2, and somehow they were right on the dot.

[@KS-PNW]

To be fair all the inbreeding can't have helped

[@trichomeoutlaw9985]

u bolsheviks killed so many and claimed 2 b victims

[@trichomeoutlaw9985]

the most evils ethnicity in human history the bolsheviks never 4get that

[@rosaliegolding5549]

I mostly blame Alexandria she dominated Nicholas he had a very weak Character and never wanted to be a Tsar , just a country Gentleman he wanted to please her and did as she advised much like Edward VIII with Mrs Simpson and Prince Harry with Meagan Markle. Alexandria had a German background much like Marie Antoinette who was Austrian and were both disliked by the ir adopted countries,interfered with Russian Politics and then there was the obsession with Rasputin and War Games against Germany they were both to the wrong place (Russia ) at the wrong time at that time in World History they were never suited to their positions very Tragic 🤷‍♀️

[@andrewvanhalen1984]

Regardless of how you feel about the Tsar, him and his family didn't deserve their fate.

[@JanetMurrayPickkle9]

unfortunately you must understand they were scared he would retake power. RE: Napolean.....Charles Stuart. These people lived in freezing starving condition with no medicine or education. They were bitter and angry.

[@lanleskovec8697]

Nither did the people the tsar had killed on bloody sunday, when they were peacefully protesting. Nicholas's demise was a resault of his own stupidity and nothimg else

[@spencer1980]

You had mentioned you were indecisive at the outset of this. You always seemed like more of the planning type. This definitely called for improvisation though. Helluva ride you got there. Thanks for letting me take it for a spin.

[@equine2020]

A sad story

[@brober]

Nicholas was a loving husband, doting father, patriotic Russian but a lousy Tsar. Wrong man at the wrong time.

[@CKing-388]

It wouldn’t have mattered if he was all the things you think he should have been. They would have killed him just the same.

[@sarahr1994]

This was so good, thank you!

[@cliveuckfield5139]

Exile to St. Helena :If only an agreement to satisfy all parties had been made between the provisional government and his European allies. They could not take him at time as it would have destabilised countries. Exileing family to Napoleon's old house on St.Helena would have satisfied all groups and kept them safe.

[@JK-gu3tl]

Very incompetent. Wage war while economy is in bad shape.

[@jeremylawson6648]

it’s more common than we think.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

All of the European aristocrats rushed to war in 1914. Tsar Nicholas. Kaiser Wilhelm, and Emperor Franz Joseph. And they all lost their crowns because of it.

[@SlashinatorZ]

Anastasia could have had a prequel with all this material

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Anastasia died with the rest of the family. Her bones were found in the mass grave with her parents and siblings.

[@SlashinatorZ]

@@SymphonyBrahms I mean the DreamWorks version. It could have had a prequel movie about Anastasia's parents. So much Disney-like material here to work with

[@Mark3ABE]

One thing is quite certain, despite the German Emperor, William II, always being charged with responsibility for starting the First World War, the truth is quite the opposite. The War arose from an exchange of telegrams between relatively junior officials in Berlin and Vienna. Berlin assured Vienna that, if Vienna declared war on Belgrade, Berlin would stand by to assist, if necessary. The Kaiser was at sea on the Imperial Yacht at the time the crisis came to a head. On learning of the crisis by a wireless message he returned immediately to Berlin. He sent a telegram to the Czar assuring him that he would intervene to prevent a state of hostilities arising between their two nations (which both of them knew would be disastrous and would result in the mutual destruction of both nations). However, since 1908, after the Philip zu Eulenberg scandal (which caused the Kaiser to have a nervous break down) the Generals had, very much, sidelined the Kaiser. Neither the Kaiser, nor the Chancellor, Von Bethmann-Holweg, were able to prevent the Generals from proceeding to war. On the morning that the War was declared, the Czar received the German Ambassador who handed him a formal declaration of war. That evening, he received the telegram from the Kaiser assuring him that he would intervene to ensure that war was averted. The Czar’s advisers said that this was a trick, to try to delay mobilisation and give the Germans the advantage. In any event, since Berlin had already delivered a formal declaration of war to St. Petersburg, a state of war existed whatever the Kaiser or the Czar might decide.

[@nicolasmichiels9972]

I believe that russia would be so much better and more peaceful today if they never got assisinated.

[@CKS999]

Wow he is handsome❤

[@etnalutt3492]

Resemblance with the British King, George V is noticable!

[@Angrycomments]

Unfortunately, he was responsible for many deaths..

[@theCosmicQueen]

But the Revolutionaries topped that by about 10000000x anything the Tsar did. And Stalin worse .

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Lenin and Stalin were responsible for millions of deaths of innocent Russians.

[@jeromesullivan4015]

I’d hardly call Nicky a great figure in History..delusional, sad and tragic perhaps..

[@TOPDadAlpha]

The archduke was assinated on June 28, 1914.....not May.

[@sharonnygaard8862]

Thank you for this history lesson of the last Russian czar. How very sad I had read it in history book

[@davidlogan4329]

What was sad was the enormous suffering of the Russian people during the bloody reign of Nicholas. Revolutions don't happen when people are happy.

[@BSU55]

Nicholas II would go along with whoever talked to him last. He needed a powerful and influential brother or Chief advisor.

[@jewelcopeland8440]

It's a very sad take. Many problems today go back to the stars and this history of russia. Including the ukraine issues. He was only 5'7" I thought he was taller.

[@davidlogan4329]

Nicholas was very short.

[@freddy8479]

I thought that he was 5'9".

[@danielhicks4826]

Nah fairly short unlike his 6'4 father, but Nicholas was however in remarkable shape even at 50 years old his disgusting murderers the Bolsheviks literally commented in there diary what amazing shape the tsars physique was after they had murdered him.

[@iancavon7125]

Only 5'7...well, that was a normal height for someone born in the 1860s. Other male Romanovs were unusually tall though, tall even by today's standards.

[@MK-nd2ij]

Thanks, after 33 years you showed me how wrong I was

[@aliabdallah102]

Incompetent or not, Nicholas wasn't a bad man, and he most certainly did NOT deserve the fate imposed upon him by the Bolsheviks. RIP Alexandrovich. I'm no Christian nor am I a Russian.

[@leoanacorazon6171]

One of the royal family I feel sorry for.

[@savagedarksider5934]

Great video. Long live Nicholas II.

[@rdallas81]

Hes been dead for quite a while

[@jeanpascalsalomez2596]

Nioe words but the truth is that they let their people suffer.

[@paulmcgorian5712]

Then we had communism and everything turned into hell .

[@SymphonyBrahms]

True.

[@judithsullivan9703]

Here's the historical facts. TZar Nicholas II was previously both in the military and interned, by order of his father, in the State Government prior to becoming Tzar. He was weak willed, indicisive, and intellectually mediocre making his autocracy incompetent, his behaviors arrogant, and he agreed with whomever spoke to him last. He lacked courage, character was indulgent to his opinionated and religiously delusional wife Alexandra, Victoria's granddaughter. Allowed the lunatic, sexually addicted, drunken, debauched, imposter Rasputin full reign in his household to come and go freely while Russians believed him an imposter and fool. He further allowed him to rule by way of Alexandra whilst he was losing the battles and untimely the eastern front. He was infamous for not paying any attention and embarrassing his own diplomats and didn't have a clue about foreign policy. He concluded an alliance with Wilhelm II his cousin in opposition, to and while Russia was already allied with France and Germany. He brutally put down the revolt by factory workers who were peacefully demonstrating and requesting Nicholas to intervene for better working conditions. He allowed imperial guards to open fire on the demonstrators killing over 200 innocent people. Following that debacle he finally gave the Duma consent to form after totally denial because he believed in the divine right of his rule. When he no longer agreed he followed that by outright firing them. Well and there's the poorest of the poor who were under his rule denied the rights to be freed of being attached to the land, bought and sold and completely under the wealthy owner and his whims, they were enslaved to as if they were nothing more than cattle. HE was dispised and ignored the warnings to get his family out earlier to Crimea where they could have gotten to safety with their wealth and their entire enterage his decisions were what was responsible for their deaths. The obscenity of the vast gap between the wealthy and the slaves attached to the land less than animals and the refusal of this incompetent entitled and calloused unfeeling autocrat to even listen was the reason for his own demise as well as his entire family and the servants who were under their control. Those are the facts!

[@debbieanne7962]

Tsar Nicholas daughters had the world's most expensive bullet proof vests

[@TheBatugan77]

Kind of bizarre. Biz-czar! Get it?

[@gregoryambres1897]

Dear Nicky. Such a sweet boy. 💪🏆💪

[@chelsieburgess12]

Read a book about him and his family, very interesting! I wish I could remember what it's called!

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

24:13 A man of gold ? You mean a man of GOD ? How in the world could you make this whole video and make such mistakes ?

[@catsberry4858]

Lol

[@mariannebonner1520]

Sadly, he would have lived and thrived had he been a king of England.

[@annacostello5181]

No, he’d have stubbornly insisted on being an absolute autocrat. England would have beheaded him

[@Tina06019]

I think so, too. He would likely have done just fine as king in a constitutional monarchy. Unfortunately, he had been raised to believe in absolute autocracy.

[@rameshsingh2480]

Yes British people show their deep respect and love for their monarchs .

[@debbieanne7962]

Unlike England he ruled as an autocratic

[@juliatrecet1740]

Fue un gran Zar buen gobernante justo muy justo y bueno leal sin malicia buen gran Zar

[@jeromelombardo6053]

Russia has never been the same.

[@davidlogan4329]

It has vastly improved. Tsarist Russia was no land of milk and honey.

[@rimshot2270]

Озак яшәгез патша!

[@thelmatucker7598]

Always be fair and kind to the majority they have you greatly outnumbered. Some have learned that the hard way.

[@ΜπεττυΜπεττυ-δ6ρ]

not a single Russian saved them, not even a Westerner, all guilty

[@tifanyb3954]

Nicholas is responsible for his own death and that of his family. "It's all his fault", his cousin George V wrote.

[@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993]

@@tifanyb3954not really his father never thought him how to rule literally no one thought him how to be a good king and before he was king Russia was falling he was given a broken country.

[@ΜπεττυΜπεττυ-δ6ρ]

They set a trap for him, the Russians betrayed him, they did not fare better after that. The Western kings were no better.

[@jjsmith4829]

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