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Czar Nicholas II of Russia

May 14, 1868 - Jul 17, 1918 (50 years old) in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Czar Nicholas II, Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov, known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from November 1, 1894 until his abdication on March 15, 1917. During his reign, he gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted by his prime ministers. He advocated modernization based on foreign loans and close ties with France, but resisted giving the Duma) major roles. Ultimately, progress was undermined by Nicholas' commitment to autocratic rule, strong aristocratic opposition and 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.

Known For

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The UnXplained
Self (archive footage)
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Apocalypse: World War I
Self (archive footage)
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Doomsday: World War I
Self (archive footage)
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Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Self (archive footage)
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Rasputin: Murder in the Tsar's Court
Himself (archive footage)
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The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
Self (archive footage)
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Island of the Dead
Self (archive footage)
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The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
Himself (archive footage)
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Paris 1900
Self (archive footage)
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The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Self (archive footage)

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