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Tsar Nicholas II

Tsar Nicholas II was the Russia's last emperor he was born was born at Krasnoye Selo in May 18 of 1868. He follow the legacy of his father Alexander III who died from a liver disease on 20 October 1894 when Nicholas was 26.He command since November 1, 1894 until his enforced retirement on 2 March 1917. He was also known by the enemies as bloody Nicholas because of the Khodynka Tragedy, the bloody sunday, the anti-Semitic pogrograms,and the violent abolishment of 1905 revolution.

Under his rule he was defeat in the war with Japan (1904-1905) which saw almost the total massacre of the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima.

References: Medvedev's account appears in: Wilton, Robert, The Last Days of the Romanovs (1920); Massie, Robert, The Romanovs, the Final Chapter (1996); Massie, Robert, Nicholas and Alexandra (1967).