Tsar nicholas ii short biography

In this article, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Romanov.

Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov;^[d] 18 May [O.S.

6 May] &#;&#; 17 July ) was the last Emperor of Russia from until his abdication in March

He married Princess Alix of Hesse, who was the daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and the granddaughter of Queen Victoria , and they had five children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexi.

Alexi suffered from a disease called haemophilia, which caused his parents incredible sadness. After , the royal family became friends with Grigori Rasputin, whom they believed could treat Alexi.^[1]

In the first 20 years of his reign, Nicholas tried to make Russia more modern, but these plans were held back by the nobles and the Tsar's weak leadership.

He and his chief ministers Sergei Witte and Pyotr Stolypin encouraged railways, land reform, education, the borrowing of money