Tsar Nicholas II - The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution Documentary

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your russian videos guys! Please do Nicholas i

[@vinllga]

0:29 what did you do with portrait of Alexander 2 and why did you humilate him -- tear off his ear with the help of idiotic retouch?

[@notavailable174]

Yay! I've been eagerly awaiting this video. I've had a fascination with the Romanov family, Czar Nicholas II especially, since I was a child. I'm really looking forward to this 😊

[@meanmistermustard2485]

same here!

[@kayfitzgerald309]

Me too!😊

[@user-xr5ro1kk4k]

Me to

[@alicianoval1260]

Ditto!

[@louise_rose]

Interesting to see that Nicholas and his wife were related to the family of Queen Victoria along not one, but two lineages: 1) Nicholas' mother Maria Feodorovna being the sister-in-law of King-Emperors Edward VII of Great Britain and Friedrich III of Germany, hence the aunt of their sons/successors 2) Alix of Hesse being the grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, through her mother Alice. These decades before the revolution are a near-mythical age and I always enjoy learning more about it - a time of splendour, sharp contrasts and tensions that ended in an unforgiving war and a cataclysm of change (I think some of the people living in Russia at that time had clear premonitions or an understanding that some kind of terrible upheaval was coming)

[@alienajaxon250]

Ken Follett's The Century Trilogy, tells the stories of families living in Russia, Germany, England and the US during WWI, WWII and the Cold War. Very well researched, and brings these events to life. They're fictional stories. He does say in the forward that when his fictional characters interact with historical figures, like Lenin, that they do so only if it was during a real event, or if they were free to do so that day. They're fascinating books.

[@calebphillips249]

Actually, 3 ways, as Nicholas's paternal aunt, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, sister of Tsar Alexander III, was married to Queen Victoria's second son, Prince Alfred.

[@rosecoloredtimes]

@@alienajaxon250thanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely check this out.

[@jurgenjung4302]

Suchen Sie im Netz das Buch:"A COURSE OF CANAAN"//Dann werden Sie verstehen,wer für Kriege und Revolutionen verantwortlich ist.

[@pogo9876]

Victoria was known as the "Grandmother of Europe". World War 1 was a "family squabble". All of the crowned heads of Europe at that time were either her grandchild , married to her grandchild or both. Feel free to research this...

[@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive]

For everyone involved in these videos, you are sincerely appreciated. God bless 👍🏾

[@dionna6507]

I love Russian history, married a man who's great grandmother was from Odessa.

[@davidlogan4329]

The surviving Romanovs escaped Russia from the Crimea in April 1919 from the Crimea. Most don't realise Nicholas had been advised to send his wife and children to the Crimea in January 1917. Sadly he very stupidly refused and sealed their fate. Had he done so they would have been able to escape with Maria Feodorovna and others. At Tsarskoe Selo once the revolution hit there could be no escape as northern Russia, especially around St. Petersburg and Moscow fell into the hands of revolutionaries. That's Kerensky sent Nicholas and his family to Tobolsk in the east. They were safe there for a time until they were sent to Ekaterinburg in April 1918 where they perished early on the morning of 17th July 1918 in the cellar of the Ipatiev House.

[@AngieHP]

This reminds me of King Charles I He was also offered to change to a monarchy with a parliament. His refusal cost him the crown and his head.

[@rossiskaya]

EL TEMA ES QUE LOS SOBERANOS RUSOS ERAN ELEGIDOS POR DIOS ES UN PRIVILEGIO QUE NO TIENE NINGUNCPAIS EUROPEO MUCHAS DIFERENCIAS EN TODOS LOS ASPECTO

[@Davidf8L]

Thanks for your work and time ❤

[@foxtrotnow]

This was just excellent. Thank you. I learned a lot.

[@Switcharoo12]

Thank you, I had been waiting for you to cover this man. Cheers.

[@michaelflick1177]

He certainly wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed hence his ending up dead on the cellar floor in Ekaterinburg.

[@Contessa6363]

All history is for all people!👍👍

[@EshkinKott1]

Great quality video and very interesting to watch even for the Russian who know the topic in detail. Thank you!

[@terryowings5667]

The best book anyone can read on the history of the Romanovs is by Simon Sebago Montefiore....you won't be disappointed! He's written many books on history.....they are all brilliant!

[@dsoule4902]

Yes... however he does gloss over a few things as his background gives him a bias.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@dsoule4902 such as? He is a highly respected historian, far more credible than a great many others.

[@dsoule4902]

@@davidlogan4329 child skeletons just outside the Pale.

[@vasilisbogodimos8107]

Excellent work, as always. Please make a documentary on king Otto and queen Amalia of Greece.

[@annamariagorski1092]

Amazing:)! Thank you so much for up loading. I LOVE history❤

[@rosecoloredtimes]

Yay I saw this and I was so pumped!!! Thanks for the stellar content .

[@Louis-nt3pb]

Another amazing documentary. By far my favourite KZbin channel

[@Pensjonert320]

After watching the documentary, I believe that Tsar Nicholas was not very intelligent, which made him indecisive and weak. If he had accepted the offered parliamentary rule, Russia would been a different country and we would have a different world today. But that can be said about a thousand different things. Thank you for a good documentary. I learned a lot.

[@LuLu-in-a-MuuMuu]

Even if he had a perfectly adequate intelligence level, his education was severely lacking. He was not educated on how to be Tsar, he was not given royal duties until very close to Tsar Alexander III's death. And I think Tsar Alexander III anticipated having much more time before Nicholas had to take the throne. (foolish assumption really, Tsars of Russia weren't really known for long and peaceful reigns...)

[@davidlogan4329]

@@LuLu-in-a-MuuMuu the truth is Nicholas received a far better education than his father. Tsar Alexander III. He just made a complete and utter mess of everything. He had highly supportive ministers and relatives at home and abroad. He never listened to any of their very wise advice. They all tried to help him.

[@mariaevans5793]

​@@davidlogan4329 True !!!!

[@user-ob4sq6fi3s]

​@@davidlogan4329well, you cannot expect someone to be very open to advice, no matter how great, when the first doctrine you've imprinted to his head is "You are the god's chosen. Autocracy is the only way of government that can ensure Russia's survival. An autocrat doesn't discuss, doesn't back down and he doesn't give space to anyone. To be advised and therefore influenced by others is to be weak." And when you mention"relatives at home and aboard who wanted to help him" who do you mean exactly? Uncle Vladimir and aunt Maria pavlovna who didn't even lift a finger from their vacation in Paris when Nicholas, his parents and siblings almost got killed in borki in 1888? Not to mention aunt Maria pavlovna who tried to depose Nicholas in favour of her son Kirill in 1917? Uncle Alexei who left the russian navy in a sorry state? Uncle Sergei who was in part responsible for the coronation celebrations and urged Nicholas to go to the French embassy party after the stampede? Or his cousin George V, who left Nicholas and his family to be killed after backing out on his promises to grant them asylum in Britain? How can you lean on such people to help you when you probably have to watch your back all the time?

[@SC-gw8np]

What different world do you imagine that would we would have today if he stood down from autocratic rule (which he eventually did, btw and the incompetence of Duma eventually paved the way for the Bolsheviks to get full power when people in parliament decided it was a bright idea to allow their revolutionary opponents to be armed).

[@susanwaldron6831]

Thank you I enjoyed this very much.

[@alicewangui3288]

Amazing documentary, thank you.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content guys! Please do Alexander the liberator😊😊😊❤❤

[@josephblake4135]

Fascinating illustrative history.

[@mattydazz]

thank you for these videos!

[@zero_bs_tolerance8646]

Thank you. Enjoyed very much.

[@standup2982]

Really enjoyed this 👌

[@MultiHLH]

Excellent Program!

[@lucindaperez7845]

THANK YOU!! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

[@JangianTV]

One the tragic stories of history. 😣 Look forward to this one!

[@davidlogan4329]

The real tragedy was what the Russian people had to endure under Nicholas.

[@OurGodIsLove]

Thank you for sharing.

[@andretodd3824]

Absolutely Magnificent!!¡

[@Mone333Williams]

Am i the only blk person that appreciates and enjoys learning russian history? 🤨🤦🏾‍♀️🤌🏾

[@Elteejay]

Nope! I've been fascinated with all Russian monarchy since I was young. I'd love to visit Russia one day, but I've heard the racism there is deep.

[@Jason-gg4lm]

Why bring your race into this???? It adds ABSOLUTELY nothing 🙄

[@Jason-gg4lm]

​@@Elteejayyou're probably someone who finds racism in anything

[@blue2134]

Im a person of color and I’m fascinated by this

[@chibakutensei8799]

Im telling the elders! I thought at our monolith meeting that governs the behavior of all black people we decided what all of us can be interested in?! U are deviating away from what all of us at the annual meeting decided on

[@nethvegz3465]

Thank u for this vid❤

[@rhondajohnson8310]

Excellent video

[@ernestchacon4928]

This is a very interesting video 👏 !!!

[@nhva6807]

Amazing watching it twice

[@mgithaiga1]

Please do a video on Daniel Torotich Arap Moi

[@user-wf4ls8zx3r]

Great video 🎉😊🎉❤

[@lillianmcgrew217]

This is interesting information

[@irawilliams343]

If only Nicholas II hadn't been such a stubborn dogmatic ruler, he could have kept both his head and his crown.

[@davidlogan4329]

He simply wasn't up to the job and never listened to those who gave highly intelligent advice.

[@irawilliams343]

@@davidlogan4329 he was more of a family man than a man of the state. He only has himself to blame for why his family went from riches to rags and met such a tragic end in that cellar.

[@JangianTV]

Excellent as always. Somewhat topical, but a feature on Leo Tolstoy would be sweet!

[@katherinecollins4685]

Really interesting

[@simosandboifan989]

Oh! A new documentary about the Romanovs!

[@shecandance9500]

This is great documentary! The photos and writing are just beautiful! I love Russian History! I just finished reading…Former People by Douglas Smith! I recommend it to any other lovers of Russian History!

[@davidlogan4329]

Read Simon MOntefiore's book. It's excellent.

[@lenietrollip486]

No, I love Russian history as well! Especially history of Nicholas II and his beautiful family.

[@nhva6807]

Can y’all do Yeltsin Gorbachev andropov Gagarin Tolstoy Dostoyevsky Czar Nicholas the first Czar Alexander 1 2 &3 Pushkin Tchaikovsky Igor Stravinsky Shostakovich Rachmaninov Rimsky korsikoff Ghengis khan Henry Morton Stanley Kaizer willhelm and his son and his grandfather

[@k9kelly]

Are the actors credited?

[@sirwelch9991]

A very misunderstood man during a time too heavy for his shoulders. May he rest in peace!

[@honestylowkeye1171]

Some burdens should not be inherited

[@stefanfilipovits21]

@@honestylowkeye1171and honestly, even for the time, he was a pretty bad guy. And just catastrophically inept. It could almost be comical if the consequences weren’t so dire

[@caraelizabeth7307]

@@stefanfilipovits21 also don’t forget the flagrant racism (like, other Russians commented on how bad it was) and antisemitism.

[@davidlogan4329]

He is not misunderstood at all over one hundred years after his downfall. He was utterly incompetent and responsible for the deaths of millions and the collapse of a once great empire.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@caraelizabeth7307 the pogroms were truly shameful and just the tip of the iceberg.

[@onethreeify]

Given that it's been 100 years and his thesis "democracy doesn't work in Russia" still holds true, I'd say good ol' Nicky was quite on point with his political observations.

[@miniflem1]

If 'democracy doesn't work in Russia' it's thanks to the bastards before and after him. On point? What else is a self serving autocrat going to say about democracy?

[@davidlogan4329]

Nicholas didn't have a clue. Russia is complex. It is a vast country that operates under very difficult conditions. More than half the country is frozen for more than half the year. Go there and experience it even today and you might begin to understand. Nicholas was not a good observer. Russians today are ambivalent at best about him.

[@SC-gw8np]

Democracy doesn't work anywhere. Tsar Nicholas was just trying to protect his empire from being being occupied by international finance. Saying that he was on point is equivalent to saying that water is wet. There is absolutely nothing 'complicated' about this simple truth.

[@Jerseyboondocks]

​@@davidlogan4329I'm sorry I've been reading all your comments on here. You seem like a Mr. Know-it-all. You did not live back then, nor did you even know Tsar Nicholas II.

[@davidlogan4329]

@boondocks you're up against a respected academic on the matter. Do some research if you can be bothered about Nicholas. You might like to start with writings by Nicholas himself. He was a walking disaster area. Even the Romanovs believe this. The documentary is excellent and accurate.

[@dww-yo4xz]

As we know now, the horrors of the communist rule were and still are greatly exaggerated, whereas the horrors of the monarchy are only partially mentioned in small amounts.

[@AlyseNicoleO]

Oh boy.

[@Arco961]

Uhhhh I don't think the horrors of the communist rule is exaggerated at all in fact I don't think we will even realize how brutal it was....

[@ellinooridashwood]

Nicholas’ rule is so interesting to me. Most of my great grandparents were of Russian Jewish descent, and their families had lives there for centuries. Their reality was so different, so gritty, so abject. When the animated Anastasia movie came out, I was about 7-8. I was so excited for a new princess movie. My mother took me and let me know in an age appropriate way that it was pretty much a made up story about real people. She also explained that our ancestors lived in Russia during that time and it was very hard for them, which is why they came to America. I’m forever grateful that they made that difficult journey and undertook the difficult task of being immigrants so that future generations didn’t have to suffer as they did.

[@Aleco780]

Marx would have been very surprised if he had been told that his scientific work would win in Russia and not in England, for example. There was no Lenin of his own in England

[@herbertvonsauerkrautunterh2513]

My birthday is the 18th May. OMG😮

[@suneethamay3615]

I think Russian history is 100% accurate I must thanks a lot your hard work

[@mariaevans5793]

If you want to watch a excellent film on this subject , its called Nicolas and Alexandra it has many stars in made in 1972 it is outstanding and the opulence of the film has to be seen , and the ending graphic .

[@davidlogan4329]

The film presented a romanticised view of the couple and avoided much of the reality of a very bloody reign. Many of the sequences were out of order.Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg were quite inaccurate. It had its moments, but as a complete film it doesn't really work. It is based on Robert Massie's inaccurate work.

[@CanadianMonarchist]

@@davidlogan4329It shows the Bloody Sunday massacre. It doesn’t exactly gloss over the reasons the Revolution happened. As a film about historical events I think it’s one of the best. The conditions in Tobolsk were much more luxurious in reality than the film, and there’s no ever ending Tatiana flashed a guard. What specifically about Massie’s work do you deem inaccurate?

[@davidlogan4329]

@@CanadianMonarchist check the primary source quotes. He deliberately excised anything that did not fit his romanticised agenda. That is intellectually dishonest. Far better is Simon Montefiore's book on the Romanovs.

[@elle8081]

Ever since finding out my mother DNA is Russian/Serbian, I’ve been obsessed with Russian history

[@juliatrecet1740]

El Santo Zar Nikolas II no fue ni débil ni indeciso era fuerte por su Fe. Y no tomaba decisiones a la ligera sino que discernia con la ayuda de Dios cual era la mejor solución a.las cosas sus decisiones primero eran Oradas ante Dios. Que poco saben algunos sobre la verdadera Fuerza y Sabiduría del Zar.

[@Awells89]

14:41 Nicholas: NOW will you teach me how to rule? Alexander III: *sigh* I suppose it’s time okay, there’s a lot you need to know before becoming Tsar- uh oh Nicholas: what? Alexander III: I’ve got kidney inflammation *dies* Nicholas: D’oOOOoOoh NOoOoOo!

[@m.bluetail]

Lol I couldn't help but think of Oversimplified while watching this.

[@michaelflick1177]

Not accurate at all.

[@davidlogan4329]

Alexander III was not responsible for the disastrous reign of his son. As Xenia Alexandrovna stated, "I doubt my father would have ever have gone to war with Germany."

[@CanadianMonarchist]

@@michaelflick1177What’s inaccurate about it?

[@davidlogan4329]

@@CanadianMonarchist have explained it.

[@johnnytower6169]

I know this is a very brief statement on a very broad topic but it seems to me that much of Russia’s problems with dissidents could have been solved through property rights, individual rights and low taxation With such a large and diverse country you need to keep the loyalty of people through respect rather than cultural means

[@waltertaljaard1488]

He would have been a good village priest. But totally unsuited to be an autocratic ruler of the largest country in the world.

[@Mone333Williams]

I agree. He was best as a priest or even if he wanted to keep some wealth..he would a made a great estate owner. I definitely agree czar Nicholas was not strong enough nor prepared to run all the Russias. His situation was the epitome of "heavy is the head who wears the crown" ...thing is he didn't even want the crown but abdicating off the top wasn't a option. He did gracefully bow out so he and his family being murdered like that was tragic. I'm BLK and I enjoy Russian and eastern European history and culture 👩🏾‍🏫🫂

[@mariaevans5793]

Correct , I read he wanted to be a farmer and watch things grow !!!!!😊🇬🇧

[@davidlogan4329]

@@mariaevans5793 the German Kaiser stated that Nicholas was not even fit to grow turnips.

[@andythompson6874]

The Kaiser was in no position to critique anyone, being so emotionally unstable that he was himself.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@andythompson6874 the Kaiser lasted for 30 years. Nicholas only 22. The Kaiser would have lasted much longer but for the refusal of the very stupid American President to negotiate at the end of World War One. Such refusal allowed for the collapse of the Hohenzollern dynasty in Germany and the Habsburg dynasty in Austria-Hungary, disastrous events that created massive instability in Europe leading to the power vacuum that allowed Hitler to come to power.

[@katharper655]

Hopefully not. May I recommend StarMedia's wonderfully made documentaries..beginning with the history of the Romanovs. The English narrator is excellent, the explanatory illustrations ..even the music is first rate. The actors all look like the historical people they dramatize. Over all. Superb.

[@donteverhackmefool2350]

The link between Ulyanov and Vladimir Lenin. I didn't know they were brothers.

[@LuLu-in-a-MuuMuu]

Not a good ruler, completely ill-equipped both by education and nature. But a good father and husband. I read somewhere that he wished he could have just been a gentleman farmer, and if he'd been able to go into foreign exile, I think he and his family would have thrived in that kind of environment. He and his family did not deserve their brutal end, no matter how inept a leader he was

[@michaelflick1177]

Their deaths were the consequences of his rampant stupidity. Think of the millions of innocent Russians who died because of Nicholas. Then his death is truly insignificant.

[@LuLu-in-a-MuuMuu]

@@michaelflick1177 his death is no less significant than millions of innocent Russians who died under his reign. Each death is tragic; his was unnecessarily brutal.

[@kenw2225]

Their deaths were attributed to the evil that overthrew him. History shows this.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@LuLu-in-a-MuuMuu Nicholas caused the deaths of millions. Think about that before commenting further.

[@LuLu-in-a-MuuMuu]

@@davidlogan4329 I am not denying millions died while he reigned. I'm not denying many were killed and murdered in reaction to revolt and "treason", I just believe the treatment of the Romanovs was vengeful and brutal.

[@tifanyb3954]

His biggest mistake was marrying Alix. Alexandra wasn't cut out to be empress. She was too shy and stubborn. Nicolas II and Alexandra were incompetent and bad rulers but their children didn't deserved to died with their parents 😢.

[@miniflem1]

I would've thought starting a war with an industrial super power, while arming your own soldiers with sharp sticks or letting a religious crazy run your government were bigger mistakes.

[@LuLu-in-a-MuuMuu]

If he'd been a minor royal or country gentleman, then his marriage to Alix of Hesse would have been a very happy one indeed. But neither of them were cut out to be rulers and neither of them was suited for truly supporting the other in their role. I believe Prince Phillip and Queen Elizabeth II are an excellent example of marrying someone who supports you in your role and strengthens you to do it better.

[@rossiskaya]

@@LuLu-in-a-MuuMuu no compares a rusia con Inglaterra muy diferente alma y muy diferente mente

[@macolga100]

Soooooo Well Put!!!

[@davidlogan4329]

@@LuLu-in-a-MuuMuu Elizabeth II was a constitutional monarch and always acted on the advice of her elected governments. Nicholas was an autocrat who never listened to highly intelligent advioe from his family at home and abroad of from leading statesmen. He caused two unnecessary unwinnable wars and two revolutions. Spot the difference!

[@Yeeyeeenation]

Manfred Von Richthofen and Domitian would be cool bios to see in the future

[@Contessa6363]

18,527 views and only 729 likes??? 😮😮😮

[@orgonaeva7953]

❤

[@CoopedUp74]

How would anyone live in a place like that.

[@juliatrecet1740]

Lo llevaron engañado a la sede al cuartel general y lo retuvieron allí que corazón más duro preparar todo para obligarle a abdicar sin necesidad sin necesidad wue traicion Dios mío. Que paciencia le dio El Señor para sufrir tanta traicion y perdono todo y a todos Nikolas II Zar de Rusia EL GRANDE Y SABIO

[@darbyohara]

Weak, incompetent and indecisive. If he wasn’t he wouldn’t have been killed and lost his throne

[@CanadianMonarchist]

I wouldn’t have declared war on Japan or mobilized Russian troops against Austria, but besides that I don’t know that there was much Nicholas could do.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@CanadianMonarchist Nicholas mobilised his army against Germany. He was repeatedly warned of the consequences, but was too stupid to listen. Russia had no hope of ever winning the war. It has insufficient weaponry, ammunition, uniforms, boots, basic foodstuffs and mediocre transportation networks. Nicholas was too stupid to work any of this out. The war dragged on for years going from bad to worse. Nicholas had his chances to end the war through an honourable peace in 1915. His first cousin King Christian X of Denmark had offered to mediate a peace between Russia and Germany. Yet again Nicholas stupidly refused. Instead he took control of the army ensuring that he was blamed for all the inevitable defeats. He was warned by his mother of the consequences of doing so. She told him his place was in the capital to control matters should revolts break out and not hundreds of miles away at general headquarters. Her advice was pertinent as in 1917 he was hundreds of miles away from St. Petersburg and could not control events. HIs solution as always was to fire on the people. In 1917 the army refused to do so and as a consequence the regime collapsed completely. It was impossible to recover it.

[@mariannebonner2280]

Nicholas II, his family and direct descendants would have lived on had he been the King of Britain. Even if he were not the sharpest tool in the shed, he would have been temperamentally and intellectually suited to rule in a strong constitutional monarchy.

[@danielfeld8724]

Just finished two books that lead me here the first casulty, and trotsky 1917 New York, now in the .idle of Lenin his 10 day train ride to Russia to lead his revolution.

[@sluzardo5879]

Brutal is what came after Nicolas....He was compassionate with great love for his Family and Russia.... He couldn't fix all the woes of his country....No one could or has....He was simply blamed for them.....

[@michaelflick1177]

Nicholas was responsible for two unnecessary wars and revolutions. He caused the deaths of millions of ordinary Russians. He was an absolute disaster. It is quite correct that he is blamed for the disasters he caused.

[@michaelflick1177]

The rule of Nicholas was brutal. He was responsible for the deaths of millions. He created the conditions for two bloody revolutions and two murderous wars.

[@LegendOfKitty]

I have mixed feelings about Nicolas II. On one hand, he clearly had no desire to be Tsar, and I think it's awful that he was more or less forced into taking up that position and I really feel for him. On the other, he had very backwards views with the whole divine right of kings which was way outdated in the rest of Europe by the time he took power. It's no doubt he was brought up that way, but that's not an excuse for doubling down and refusing to look at the rest of the world around him and thinking that maybe it was time to update some policies. I think a lot of his failures stem from him just not wanting to be there, but still trying to do his best purely out of the sense of obligation and in the end it resulted in making a huge mess for literally everyone.

[@user-ob4sq6fi3s]

This is a fairly good analysis. Nicholas never wanted to be a tsar and he never shied away from admitting that. But he had felt that it was his duty to rule Russia to his best abilities. Unfortunately, his worldview was also very narrow and he was viewing capable and energetic ministers, like Witte and Stolypin with mistrust

[@cra0422]

I've always felt that Nicholas was the worst person to be ruler of Russia during the time he ruled. He was completely unsuited to be an autocrat (both in temperament and in government education), but he also felt he couldn't be the Russian Tsar unless he was an autocrat. In many ways he was like Louis XVI of France in that the best he could do was maintain the status quo, but what do you do when the status quo is the problem?

[@mariaevans5793]

True !!!!!!😊🇬🇧

[@user-ob4sq6fi3s]

A good man who wanted to do his best, but an inadequete ruler.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@user-ob4sq6fi3s Nicholas was not a good man. He had the blood of millions on his hands.

[@user-ob4sq6fi3s]

@@davidlogan4329 in this line of work, nobody has clean hands, buddy. When you govern a multinational empire with decades of brewing rebellious sentiments, conflict is inevitable. Oh, and you'll have a different appreciation for Nicholas when you compare him to the likes of Lenin and Stalin 🙄🙄

[@user-ob4sq6fi3s]

@@davidlogan4329 and it is not me who's saying that Nicholas was a good man, but most of the people who personally knew him. I guess that their testimony holds weight

[@jennklein1917]

❤❤ bring back the Romanovas! ❤❤ Russia is suffering under the present government 😢

[@alexandrshamshurin2306]

we fine

[@davidlogan4329]

Russians have no desire to go back to the misery of the Romanovs.

[@carlalindsey9371]

Trade you Biden for Putin!

[@rossiskaya]

😃😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@taylorarnold5311]

​@@carlalindsey9371keep Biden ship Trump to Russia he seems to love them so much.

[@ethanramos4441]

“A Tsar’s heart is in God’s hands.” Let it be so. For all the laws established by me I bear a great responsibility before God, and I am ready to answer for my decision at any time” Nicholas II

[@davidlogan4329]

NIcholas was a stupid fatalist. God had nothing to do with the death of millions that Nicholas caused due to two unnecessary wars and revolutions. He was the one who brought down the once great dynasty and definitely not God.

[@davidlogan4329]

God had nothing to do with the fatalism and rampant stupidity of Nicholas.

[@Awells89]

1:00:05 Soldier: you can’t run the war! Who’s gonna be in charge of the country while you’re gone?! Nicholas: obviously, my German wife and a homeless wizard! DUH!

[@CanadianMonarchist]

Rasputin wasn’t homeless, but that description made me smile. 😊

[@JohnAnon-mh5el]

Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia pray to God for us. 🙏☦

[@davidlogan4329]

They cannot pray for you. They are dead.

[@criscavi19]

Nicholas II as supreme governor of all Russias was too much attached to authoritarian, conservative and traditional vision of power; he lacked of a larger view (worldwide, universal, modern) and trust in his own people.

[@emorebelle]

Nikolaï Alexandrovitch was such a handsome man. Always had a crush on him. But i hate the fate of his family. Horrible

[@Daniel-Optician]

Incredible story, you couldn't make it up

[@JonBrown-po7he]

World history might've been quite different had the Romanovs the common sense to compromise with the various political factions. These narcissist kings get drunk with power, leading to a well deserved and apropos deposition.

[@kenw2225]

There's was no compromise. The decision to overthrow all the european monarchs was made.

[@sophiegeorge2816]

You forgot to mention that Rasputin stopped Alexei having aspirin from the doctors and that helped him to get better

[@davidlogan4329]

Rasputin contributed nothing. He was a filthy uneducated degenerate con artist.

[@davidlogan4329]

Rasputub dudn't help Alexis at all. That was proven beyond a doubt in 1912 at Spala. Rasputin was not there and the boy survived.

[@zulutgseta8276]

Like or not. Accept or not. Their King is ☠DEAD☠

[@nuranigeria2080]

There's no amount of explanation is enough to convince ordinary people to understand how difficult it's to rule!

[@SC-gw8np]

Finally - one wise comment among a sea of simpleminded ones! Seriously, the sorry state of today's 'democratic' nations should tell you how much (or how little) the hoi polloi actually understand and why democracy (the illusion built on top of the corporate simulacra that is really ruling anyway) can never work. Before you condemn another for his so called 'failure' to create an orderly house (a claim that is backed by no historical evidence whatsoever), make sure your own house is in order.

[@davidlogan4329]

It's difficult to be a good ruler when you reject highly intelligent advice from family at home and abroad and leading statesmen.

[@JourneyNext-ik9vr]

@@davidlogan4329 Nicholas II was a far better ruler than you give him credit for. He had an almost impossible job carrying the people of Russia. A weaker man would cracked under the pressure much earlier. The Russian people took the easy way out and blamed him for actions that he did not do. That can be proven by what came after him. The Russian were incompetent in so many ways. At the time of the Revolution, they wanted a constitutional gov't and Alexander II was going to give that to them but the People's Will (how ironic) assassinated him. Additionally, the Russian people did not want an autocratic gov't and rejoiced when Nicholas abdicated, and 8 months later, they went right back to an autocratic regime.

[@williamsnyder5616]

Very good objective look at Tsar Nicholas. Whether it is documentary or Robert K. Massie's book, ''Nicholas and Alexandra,''one must look at the Tsar as a weak Indecisive ruler unwilling to rid his country of the evils of autocracy. And, one must question the sanity of the Russian Orthodox Church for conferring ''sainthood'' on a man who was unwilling to stop what should have been the UN=Christian pogroms.

[@michaelflick1177]

The church only made them Passion Bearers, the lowest level of sainthood for martyrdom. They expressed grave misgivings about his role as Tsar.

[@nickstone3113]

Sorry can't agree This way of regarding the last Tsar is so outdated. .No one saying he was a successful ruler ,after all when you end up being slaughtered with all your family ,one can't claim that. But since the fall of the soviet union and the fate of Gorbachev and dare I say with Putin today , the choises facing the Tsar were not so easy as putting on a top hat and being George v . The pogroms etc are more complex issues and if winked at by some local officials ,were not by Tsar and government. And anti semitism was an attitude very widespread then . Had deep roots ,economic ,in the peasants. Do look at today ! That is not to condone it of course . Not at all but one must look at the then culture . If Nicholas ii had been bloody ,had been a Stalin ,his successors would be sitting on the throne now ! For all it's failings and issues ,and just look at UK in same period , late imperial Russia was racing ahead on all levels ,as the Stolypin land reforms in creating independent peasants with own land. . Art and science too. Rasputin was a separate issue and damaging for the church but a really did represent the peasant standing near the Tsar. His murder was not seen by the common people as an event to to be celebrated but the boyars killing a peasant . And the haemophilia of Alexei was the reason as you know why he was in the inner circle. . As for the war it was the St Petersburg liberal elites as same today ,who sought war not the right so to speak . Read Durnovo' s briefing paper on the implications of war ,to the tsar and ministers. In 1910 Stolypin had said give Russia twenty !years of peace and she will be unknowable . Sadly there were only 5. As for the war , it was the grand duke who was a disastrous war leader. When the Tsar took symbolic command with Alexeev running the show ,in 1915 ,by the next year the front had been stabilised and the shell shortage,that all armies had ,was no more and early in 1917 Russia and the entente were poised for victory. And in February 1917 good reason to believe that Guchkov and Kerensky were exciting street disturbances in St Petersburg to force Tsar to abdicate and give throne to Grand duke Nicholas or Michael. The Tsar abdicated entirely alone . What a difference it may have made if his family had not gone down with measles . But he abdicated to save blood letting . If he had been a Stalin !! And see how incapable and useless Kerensky and the liberal bubble were in keeping the ship of state afloat. As to sainthood. It's clear you do not understand at all. They are Passion bearers. The church makes no comment on Nicholas as a ruler ,but on his and family's faith and the way they bore themselves at the end and their deaths. That is what is being judged. As a ruler he made mistakes and in the last year under Rasputin's influence ,VERY ENGLISH tsarina Alexandra made many but sincerely! Nicholas ii was often right but pushed by the liberal elite who represented nothing but themselves as today too, sent the people to war. . One should read Dominic Lieven early 1990s magisterial book ,Nicholas ii to get a more nuanced and up to date understanding of Nicholas and the period. But this simplistic view of him as some sort of idiot is so blind and prejudiced. At its simplest a man who spoke fluently three languages and Russian ,might not be that stupid.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@nickstone3113 misguided view.

[@SC-gw8np]

Autocracy is less evil and more transparent than democracy.

[@CanadianMonarchist]

I don’t get the impression that the Russian Orthodox Church is very concerned about bigotry and violence toward others.

[@wayneg7812]

Evil times- lest we forget.

[@davidlogan4329]

Evil times created by Nicholas and his inept regime.

[@claudiarosa4723]

Great documentaries. But these always seem like they're narrated too quickly.

[@saladbruh2625]

it was a very unfortuante reign full of unlucky chain of events. I dont like it when people portray Nicholas or the Russian Romanov dynasty as ruthless and evil autocrats, they were only human which is what it is

[@davidlogan4329]

That was the reality.

[@suzanneja710]

Too right! People love to have a villain to hate. Makes them feel better!

[@davidlogan4329]

@@suzanneja710 Nicholas was a villain and grossly inept. History reveals that very clearly.

[@cristianrey1032]

Coming from a disastrous inheritance of the horror that succeeded Russian monarchy some 40 years later and across the continent , (Cuba 1959), my hate of communism is intrinsically visceral. The world has never been the same ever since, and the absolute lie that the system offers somehow keeps infiltrating stupid minds across continents and decades. Ideally the Russians should had transitioned into a modern parliamentary monarchy like the British, the Spanish and the rest of the surviving ones. But it didn't happen. And Russia will forever be wounded by the evil that stayed for 70 years afterwards.....and even today, somehow morphed with some "democratic" robes.

[@juliatrecet1740]

Se olvidan decir que El Santo Zar Nikolas II conenzaba el día von la Oración y acababan el día también con la Oración poniendo a Dios siempre el primero en sus vidas

[@russellthomas3217]

Aside from the pronunciation of the Russian ministers names it was a reasonable picture of the last Tsar. The result would have been the same no matter how he ruled , I think he did well to hold power almost 25 years not many of Russia's modern rulers have managed that you can count them on one hand

[@davidlogan4329]

NIcholas was Tsar for just over 22 years. It's a miracle he lasted so long.

[@juliatrecet1740]

Es falso que sus padres alentarsn relación con la bailarina no fueron ellos

[@Southlander1000]

Tsar Nikolai did not stay to dance at the ball after the Khodynka tragedy. He made a perfunctory visit as a requirement of state, stayed about ten minutes and then retired to a church to pray for the departed for several hours. Fr. Giorgy Gapon was not the leader of the Bloody Sunday march. He was a middling level guy used to give a public face to a Socialist trap. He led only one of five major groups converging on the Winter Palace. The soldiers only fired on the crowd after Socialist agitators, who had infiltrated the crowds, not only refused to turn around and go home, but fired illegal firearms at the troops, instigating the shooting. It's interesting to note that official sources note 96 dead and 330-ish injured, while Bolshevik sources hyper-inflate the number of dead to 4,000 killed and as many as 10,000 wounded. The real answer is probably unknowable, but most historians subscribe to about 1,000 killed, most by trampling as the shooting charged and the cavalry troops charged.` The Fundamental Law was not a constitution. It in no way limited the Tsar's power. It created a rubber-stamp Duma. The Tsar had a complete veto in all matters whatever. The Ural Soviet was working on orders from Lenin. It was done this way to give plausible deniability to the situation and leave the Moscow Soviet with clean hands in the eyes of the world, thus preventing a global intervention. Nikolai and Alexandra spoke English amongst their family to prevent eavesdropping. When the death warrant was read, he replied, "Wait, what?" in English. As an Easter Orthodox Christian, I want to thank you for talking about the glorification ("canonization") of the Royal Holy Martyrs. Most secular history sources won't talk about this. Overall, this was a very good video. I quite enjoyed the large selection of historical photographs.

[@davidlogan4329]

Inaccurate unobjective information. There is no escaping the facts that Nicholas and Alexandra were disasters from beginning to end. The brought a once great empire crashing down due to their sheer incompetence causing the deaths of millions in the process.

[@alexandriaz8622]

@@davidlogan4329 In what way were they a disaster? What incompetence exactly?

[@alexandriaz8622]

No wonder President Putin called the fall of the Romanov dynasty a “power grab” by the Bolsheviks and not a revolution.

[@davidlogan4329]

@driaz8622 read the history. He was an outrageously incompetent ruler. He was responsible for the unnecessary deaths of millions of innocent Russians through two unnecessary wars and revolutions in 1905 and 1917.

[@davidlogan4329]

Nicholas chose to go to the ball at the French Embassy. An intelligent man would not have gone after such a dreadful bloody disaster.

[@BuomkuothWuol-fs2xz]

Ivan the 4th is saying in his grave let me take the wheel 😂

[@cush2822]

I always compare life to the story of the Romanov Dynasty. A beautiful story spanning over 300 years is told, a story of Tsars and Tsarinas, Emperors and Empresses. Each time you read their story, as you get to the last chapter, that of Nicholas Romanov II, you wish it to have a happy ending but it never does. Same is life, we wish it to be happy but in the end we all die. Each man that ever lived must die. Sad.

[@davidlogan4329]

There was never going to be a happy ending under the grossly incompetent Nicholas.

[@georgemargaritis2392]

Sad story..

[@thekurgan1580]

Peter the 1st looks like Robert downy 😅

[@cutebalddiver]

The Kingdom of Siam is Thailand not China

[@stefanfilipovits21]

One of the most catastrophically inept rulers in world history. His catalogue of failures, bungles, and mistakes is endless and were so profound he ended a 300 year dynasty. And they made him a saint. Talk about failing upwards.

[@caraelizabeth7307]

Technically not a saint, but a Passion Bearer. Still more than he deserved imo, but not quite the same. And his daughters still didn’t deserve to die.

[@davidlogan4329]

@@caraelizabeth7307 the daughters were victims of the father.

[@caraelizabeth7307]

@@davidlogan4329 I completely agree.

[@alanaadams7440]

The Tsar had a bad start and went down from there