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.
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.
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!
An excellent documentary! Only one error. The Tsar and his family were not executed; they were brutally murdered by agents of an illegitimate regime which continued its reign of bloody terror for 70 years.
You are playing with words. Of course they were executed. Also try to remember Nicholas was responsible for the deaths of millions of Russians throughout his reign.
@@davidlogan4329still, what happened to him and his family was brutal and wrong. Not to mention that it was a last-minute decision. Not the result of a trial like it was with the Romanian dictator and his family
An absolute horror of an act. Beyond Bestial. He couldn’t choose who he was born to or what his role would be. I’ve more sympathy towards royals than politicians / unelected elites who do choose but I’d see them locked up on an island in the South Pacific a la lost rather than any barbarity being perpetrated
There are movies about Czar Nicholas including Nicholas and Alexandria and the recent Netflix series The Last Czar. As well there are numerous films with him and his family. The one thing you get to realize as you watch them is that you never actually see him talk to his people how they are, what are their difficulties and what he can do to help them. He just never did. Instead you see him living in luxury in a Disneyland palace while the vast majority of his people were poor and hungry. So it was inevitable that by the end of his reign he was so despised and we all know what happened then. Compare that to the last emperors of Austria, Franz Joseph and Karl, and Germany Wilhelm II who actually did go often throughout his empire and talk to his people. They were allowed to leave with their family. What a comparison
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.
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?
@@6idangle ...He was not a war mongerer. He did everything he could do to stay out of WWI, but the war had been planned since before he was born. What he did or didn't do had nothing to do with what happened. You need to get your nose out of marxist written history books and do some actual research. But I guess the government counts on sheep like you!!!
@@Tboy439 i think tyler is just a communist, the main fault of him was that he wasnt harsh enough against the Bolsheviks. Stalin, Lenin and Trotsky should of all been executed when they were in imperial custody. How many tens of millions of people wouldnt of had their life cut short if he just did that
It's a sort of reverse fairy tale,. the prince marries for love against his parent's wishes and instead of bringing in a golden age, causes a disaster which results in the fall of his dynasty. Alix's religious beliefs didn't help and while understandable her reliance on Rasputin caused chaos in the government after she persuaed Nicholas to lead the army. She went through prime ministers at a rate and ended with one who had third degree syphilis all because they had to like Rasputin. I don't feel sorry for Nicholas and Alexandra, they brought iton themselves, but I do feel very sorry for the children murdered by the Bolsheviks and brought in Stalin who said 'One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic.'
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
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
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.
@@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...
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
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
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.
I agree Nicholas and Alexandria were warned over and over and over and over again that Rasputin had to go or the dynasty would be destroyed they refused to listen and this is what happened
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.
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 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 )
@@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
There was so much bad luck that started out with this new Czar and it kept on getting worst he didn’t know how to Lead the country and then Rasputin didn’t help any.
It sure would have been good if Rasputin had not come into the picture. I wonder if that would have made a difference in Tsar Nicolas II’s reign? Would he have been able to bring Russia into the 20th century? Maybe or maybe not.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It is worth noting that Nicholas was advised to send his wife and children to the Crimea in January 1917. He very stupidly didn't listen and his family paid in blood for his gross incompetency. Once the revolution occurred it was completely impossible to get them out to the west from the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo as St. Petersburg was in the hands of revolutionaries. Even today the rail line goes from Tsarkoe Selo into St. Petersburg. That is why Kerensky sent them to the east to far off Tobolsk. It was not his fault that later the Bolsheviks sent them all to Ekaterinburg where they were murdered. Both Nicholas and Alexandra were responsible for the collapse of the once great Romanov dynasty.
Nicholas and Alexandria were the best leaders russia has ever seen, it was the bolsheviks that persuaded many of the workers in cities to rise against the merchants and the farmers who had land.
@@davidlogan4329 That right if it they was the best leader why their country is left behind compare to other Europe . Especially when his minister keep advice him otherwise to help Russia. All he did is that he ignored their advice and doom Russia. WW1 was the final straw. They already broken after losing to the Japanese. Now they are in a much bigger war. You think it a wise ideal to enter it. Not to mention i can't believe at least his wife should have listen to Rasputin. They crazy monk even warn them if they enter this war they are finished.
I am from East Africa (Kenya) and a great enthusiast of Soviet Union history. However, I find the ending of The Czar's sad and cruel. Whether politically correct or wrong, no human deserves such tragic endings. More so, the cruelty and violence that was descended on the Nicholas II family were the worst forms of evil and atrocities committed against humanity.
Just goes to show that Marxists can’t be trusted. And many on the left in America nowadays think that socialism is the answer. These brats don’t know history!
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 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.
@@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
@@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
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.
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 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.
@@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.
Nicholas II of Russia (r. 1894-1917) was the most distantly related to Queen Victoria. The two did share a common ancestor by blood, though it was antecedent. The Tzar also wedded the queen's granddaughter Alexandra of Hesse. Queen Victoria must have been devastated losing her granddaughter and Great Grandchildren.
It’s sad cause the Tsarina was the favorite granddaughter to Queen Victoria. If she had been alive during the revolution, it would’ve meant she’d have gotten them out of there. Maybe not Nicky, but her grandchild and great grandchildren.
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
Unfortunately Nicholas had no training before becoming Czar. That was his father's fault. Nicholas and Alexandra did what they thought was right. NO ruler is perfect. I can't imagine going through what the Romanovs went through. Look at what's going on today. It's no better than back in those terrible days.
What are you talking about?????!!!!!!! If you have no knowledge, please, do not write sily comments! Russia became very powerful and rich during his ruling , that's why, England( and other " friends") needed to do something about this! And they paid that satanists Vladimir ulianov ( Lenin), they gave him money to do revolution in Russia! Unfortunately, Russian people,they didn't realize that and betrayed Tzar!!!((((( He is the best Tzar on earth!!!!!!❤️
Nicholas had far greater training than his father. You are wrong about Nicholas having no training. He was sent abroad to represent his father, he served in the military and on the state council. He also had one on one tuition from a variety of tutors. Don't fall for the simplistic rubbish that has no connection with historical fact.
@@davidlogan4329all of these things are true. However, Nicholas's father, never thought that he had to teach his son the "major tricks" for the job. He thought that he was going to live many more years and therefore could afford to let Nicholas get away with little responsibility. It is said that when Alexander died, Nicholas burst into tears and said: "what am I going to do now? I am not ready to become tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the buisness of ruling. I don't even know how to talk to the ministers." Does this sound like a person who received solid training in statecraft from the beginning? Of course not.
@@ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ "never thought that he had to teach his son the "major tricks" for the job"- holy crapo, major tricks my behind. Nick was tied to his rasputin-crazed wife's apron strings (metaphorically speaking as apron was definitely not part of her highness wardrobe) and disregarded the services/advice of his ministers (those are the "major tricks" if you will). The man lacked both courage and wit, that was his problems and that's why the kids ended up in bayonets as well.
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.
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
My family moved to Russia with the Tsarina. We came from Simferopal (sp?) On the coast of the Black Sea. We were part of the Tsarina's high Court. According to my parents, we high tailed it out of Russia just before the Bolsheviks took over. We left on foot, in the night and We moved to Canada with money sewed into our clothes. My fam bought a lot of land in Alberta and prospered. Eventually my great grandparents would sell much of the land, and split what they kept with my grandpa and his siblings. I only know of one great uncle still owning land in Northern Alberta
@@SymphonyBrahms from what I've been told, MY family came from Simferopal. When she became the Tsarina, my family moved with her to be part of the high Court. Then we left when the $hit was about to hit the fan. Also, on my dad's side I have only been able to go back to the 1800s so far but his family mainly came from Prussia it seems. Not Russia but Prussia
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.
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
The Bloody Sunday event was not a peaceful protest. The person who lead the march to the palace was Fr Georgi Gapon who was using people to push revolution against the tsars. There were people who marched peacefully because they misinformed about what they were going there for but there were alot that were rioting provoking a revolution.
You're full of it. There was no violence until the Czar's troops opened fire without provocation. The marchers only requested an audience with their ruler who they believed loved them. They even sang "God Save the Czar." That all changed when the troops followed standard procedure.
@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917 I don't understand people who support Communism... Communism in Russia alone has killed 61,000,000 people between 1917-1991... that is only communism in Russia. I would hate to see how many lives communism in China, North Korea, Cuba, and other countries have claimed... but you keep believing the lie that communism cares about the working class.
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
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".
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 ...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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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...
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.
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
For those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 1961. Essentially correct when you look at Chang Kai Chiek of China, the Shah,s Iran, Batista,s Cuba and Somoza,s Nicaragua.
NO. the non russians and other traitor revolutionaries, were much more terrible by about 60,000,000x and more. They were evil people not just strict rulers. He was a sweetheart compared to them. He used police for law and order, but the revolutionaries, commissars and stalinists murdered the innocent.
True, but he did technically have 3 brothers: Alexander, George and Michael. Sadly, Alexander died infancy. Nicholas’s father had 4 surviving brothers.
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?
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.
Nicholas II - this is the title of tsar. Tsar Nicholas II was not killed, When he was shot he was just citizen N. Romanov due to his abdication by himself.
yeah he was forced to do this but it did no good for him or his family. the revolutionaires murdered thier Tsar, and innocent family, regardless of phoney labels of citizen. BTW THE AMERICANS NEVER KILLED OUR KING OR HIS FAMILY. so anyone thinking it was same as our revolution is a real idiot.
@@SymphonyBrahms oh, 👍 👌 I've read many times the czar & his family referred to it as ' Tsarko Celo ' ,so I imagined it was the name of the Palace. Sorry.
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.
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.
All collaborated with Bolsheviks. even white army was also encouraging revolution and helping revolutionaries and they were following orders from Vladimir Lenin.
@@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
@@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
Russia has never had a real democracy (with free speech etc.) But always was rules by autocrats, just as Putin is an autocratic ruler now. It seems as though Russians have gotten used to the one-man strongman system. Any thoughts about this yay or nay?
I do agree with that for the most part and I feel Nick the 2nd was a decent honest man but had to appease both government (the rich) and the people (the poor). It was a lose lose situation for him. I've always wondered what it would be like if the Romanov family stayed in power especially under his blood line.
Well they originally voted for Tzar Vladimir and saw him as a “new hope “ , but clearly all that glitters isn’t gold ! ... l think there is something ingrained in their culture to be swayed by those type of men and have them as their representatives , but also any type of dissenttion is quickly quashed and Russians participate in the quashing , so l don’t know.. it’s cultural, societal , political, there so many levels as to why they always end up with those type of rulers.
There was real freedom of speech and some kind of a democracy back in 1990s, but Russian economy was struggling and a lot of people assumed that democratic path led to poverty and extreme crime rates. So unfortunately a lot of Russians do not want democracy at all
That is false, and a story that has circulated in an attempt to portray the Royal Family as greedy and money hungry. If you actually believe that they were allowed to keep any jewlery after they were taken into custody, then I've got some land I want to sell you when the tide goes out.
@@Tboy439 loose white topaz and diamonds were found in the grave with the bodies. The murderers themselves recounted finding jewels sewn into the clothing of three girls and Alexis. The speculation is they did that when the Olga and Alexis where ill before the move to Siberia. Maria went with the Tzar and Tzarina. Anastasia and Tatiana stayed with their sick siblings. This wouldn’t have been unusual or portray greed. Jewels were and are portable wealth. If there had been a chance to escape, they would’ve needed that to finance the escape.
@@beebeebird2878 ...I guess if you insist on believing the story of the murderers as they were attempting to justify what they had done, go for it. In truth, all their valuables were comviscated upon their arrest. As the story was told, that they had so many jewels sewn into their clothes that the bullets bounced off and they ended up having to stab them to finish a couple of them off, which is rediculous. It was a clear attempt to portray them as greedy and uncaring. PS...It was New York banker Jacob Schiff who ordered their liquidation. Lenin and Trotsky had no say in the matter.
I kinda feel bad for Nicholas and Alexi- they were so young and ill advised, whenever he demonstrated his own mind (aka to not celebrate after hearing about the people dying in the trample) he was challenged- and then of course Rasputin was a psychopath who took advantage of a young couple with a disabled child.. I feel like if they had gotten the thrown older and more experienced, history might have played out differently..
One of my Great Grandfathers was a baker to the Czar. When the revolution began he escaped and opened a bakery in Estonia.
Good for him. Lenin would have said share the bread or else, capitalist scumbag!
@@duncancurtis1758 lol XD
What would you do if I told you that tsar nicholas had secret grandchildren and I decended from nicholas ?
@@theodoremacewko7757 I would say let Vladimir deal with those headaches …🤔…for now 🧐
@@viciousmindzentertainment9307 yeah
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.
Wow such an an insane story… this is why I love history
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.
Your great-great grandmother lead an interesting life!
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!
so u must be really mixed. I am glad I am 100 percent pure born as lord voldemort would say :D
The resemblance with his cousin George V, is incredible.
Look at their mothers
They were calles the "Handsome Twins".
Prince Michael of Kent has a very similar look even now.
The betrayal by George V is also incredible
Prince Michael of Kent looks like him also
An excellent documentary! Only one error. The Tsar and his family were not executed; they were brutally murdered by agents of an illegitimate regime which continued its reign of bloody terror for 70 years.
You are playing with words. Of course they were executed. Also try to remember Nicholas was responsible for the deaths of millions of Russians throughout his reign.
@@davidlogan4329still, what happened to him and his family was brutal and wrong.
Not to mention that it was a last-minute decision. Not the result of a trial like it was with the Romanian dictator and his family
An absolute horror of an act. Beyond Bestial. He couldn’t choose who he was born to or what his role would be. I’ve more sympathy towards royals than politicians / unelected elites who do choose but I’d see them locked up on an island in the South Pacific a la lost rather than any barbarity being perpetrated
@@davidlogan4329I would say murdered.
I've always been fascinated by Russian History and I've found this documentary very well done. Thanks so much for uploading it. 🚩🚩🚩
1991
There are movies about Czar Nicholas including Nicholas and Alexandria and the recent Netflix series The Last Czar. As well there are numerous films with him and his family. The one thing you get to realize as you watch them is that you never actually see him talk to his people how they are, what are their difficulties and what he can do to help them. He just never did. Instead you see him living in luxury in a Disneyland palace while the vast majority of his people were poor and hungry. So it was inevitable that by the end of his reign he was so despised and we all know what happened then.
Compare that to the last emperors of Austria, Franz Joseph and Karl, and Germany Wilhelm II who actually did go often throughout his empire and talk to his people. They were allowed to leave with their family. What a comparison
Rightfully said
Some of the pics in this documentary were taken from “The Last Czar”
He was doomed from the start. Just one failure after another, one omen after another.
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.
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?
Like Joe Biden.
@@andrewpytko4773 Like Trump.
@@SymphonyBrahms Trump had one success after another. Point to one, success Joe Biden has had.
I always felt so sorry for this family
Why feel sorry for them instead of the millions that died for his war mongering
@@6idangle ...He was not a war mongerer. He did everything he could do to stay out of WWI, but the war had been planned since before he was born. What he did or didn't do had nothing to do with what happened. You need to get your nose out of marxist written history books and do some actual research. But I guess the government counts on sheep like you!!!
@@Tboy439 i think tyler is just a communist, the main fault of him was that he wasnt harsh enough against the Bolsheviks. Stalin, Lenin and Trotsky should of all been executed when they were in imperial custody. How many tens of millions of people wouldnt of had their life cut short if he just did that
@@6idangle Rubbish, Franz Joseph and Willhelm started the run up to the war. Go and read your history.
It's a sort of reverse fairy tale,. the prince marries for love against his parent's wishes and instead of bringing in a golden age, causes a disaster which results in the fall of his dynasty. Alix's religious beliefs didn't help and while understandable her reliance on Rasputin caused chaos in the government after she persuaed Nicholas to lead the army. She went through prime ministers at a rate and ended with one who had third degree syphilis all because they had to like Rasputin. I don't feel sorry for Nicholas and Alexandra, they brought iton themselves, but I do feel very sorry for the children murdered by the Bolsheviks and brought in Stalin who said 'One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic.'
He was so handsome and beautiful family
You are handsome and beautiful
Yes a family man but a weak leader. Could only end in heartbreak
If the family wasn't attractive, they would be virtually forgotten today.
He was a weak-willed, dull, autocrat.
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
My sincere condolences sir
My husband did the same. 🤣
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
@@willandrews9741 🤣🤣🤣 I just spit my water! I can't with you lol. You have me in tears laughing!
Youre funny.
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
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.
@@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...
@@henriqueesteves7162 truth is both of you are speculating
@@grigorig1055 exactly!
The czar didn't care about his own people, lost his empire for the disgusting communists.....sadly.
The Russo-Japanese war is a classic example of when keeping it real goes wrong.
Reminds me of the US/ Vietnam War
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
Ol Nicky was violently anti-Semitic and oversaw the pogroms of "Fivel" fame.
People don't like to talk about that part tho.
Seeing the ргораganda of today….🧐
There's of them they can't even tell which one is the real one
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
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.
Nicolas II and Alexandra were bad rulers but the kids did not deserved to died with their parents 😢
Well, those two should have sent their children to safety early on in the conflict, shouldn't they? That's what other parents would do!
I agree Nicholas and Alexandria were warned over and over and over and over again that Rasputin had to go or the dynasty would be destroyed they refused to listen and this is what happened
over 100 yrs later and still such a tragedy! May they rest in peace
Nooo
😂
Guy has only himself to blame.
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.
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.
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.
Find out the ethnicity of all the romanov executioners in the basement
@@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 )
@@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
Should’ve stayed in Canada brotha
Wow true survival story love your family 👍🏼👍🏼
There was so much bad luck that started out with this new Czar and it kept on getting worst he didn’t know how to Lead the country and then Rasputin didn’t help any.
It sure would have been good if Rasputin had not come into the picture. I wonder if that would have made a difference in Tsar Nicolas II’s reign? Would he have been able to bring Russia into the 20th century? Maybe or maybe not.
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.
Nicholas was the autocrat, the totally incompetent representative of the autocracy.
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.
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.
In the end, it would still have caused political tension no matter where they went. Very sad.
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.
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.
Until DNA testing, a LOT of people believed they secretly had been.
Him and all the men in his family look sooo identical
6:35 When young, he and his cousin King George V of England looked like twins.
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz I read they were twin brothers.
@@tamaraprentice9280 They were not twin brothers. They were cousins.
@@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.
Inbreeding.
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.
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.
@@goode612 Apparently, Stalin respected Ivan the Terrible.
Vladimir Putin (21st century)
Sounds familiar
idk if much worse, pre-revolution most russians were just serfs with no right to freedom
Fun fact Nicholas and the ruler of Germany were cousins related to queen Victoria.
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.
And the King of England George V - all first cousins - but, thank goodness, George wasn't the ruler of Britain.
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.
Tsar Nikolas was also cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.
At the wedding of his uncle it was rhe last time all 3 cousins would see each other before the war started
The betrayal of Tsar Nikolay and the rest of the Russian Imperial family angers me to no end.
@diditgood53 lol
@diditgood53 nor could you under Lenin and certainly not under Stalin
@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!
@diditgood53 There is no reason why you should speak your mind.
@diditgood53 yeah i would.
A terrible Tsar. Unfortunately for his five beautiful children.
HE WAS INFINITELY BETTER THAN THE REVOLUTIONARIES OR STALIN ETC.
Nicolas II was a very weak man.
I can't understand why the Communists killed his entire family. Absolutely disgusting.
Commies are soulless heartless creatures
@@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb the master race
So they couldn’t come back later and take power again
They deserved it
The real tragedy was what happened to so many millions during the reign of Bloody Nicholas.
I feel with deep grief for the tragedic fate of poor Nicholas and his family members 😢😢
Nooo
Me too. They suffered an undeserved and horrible fate. Bless the Tzars
@@Eazy-ERyder millions of ordinary Russians died needlessly under Nicholas. Their fate was far worse.
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.
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.
Very, very detailed documentary of this family and the timeline of their rule. I thank you for this wonderful video!
its enough to praise this royals while all hungry the people ...
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.
I love your narration, great voice. I have enjoyed
Fun fact: Tsar Nicholas II was the first cousin of King George V, who is the paternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth
most royal houses of europe are descended from queen victoria.
They looked alike.
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.
@@laurencrossan no haemophilia was passed on to Prince Philip or his sisters. His mother was not a carrier. Her mother was not either.
And George and Nicholas bore an uncanny resemblance to each other.
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.
What a coincedence that i'm watching anastasia when this video popped in my notificafion
I was remembering that movie and its artwork during this whole thing lol
Too bad that she was a fraud.
It is worth noting that Nicholas was advised to send his wife and children to the Crimea in January 1917. He very stupidly didn't listen and his family paid in blood for his gross incompetency. Once the revolution occurred it was completely impossible to get them out to the west from the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo as St. Petersburg was in the hands of revolutionaries. Even today the rail line goes from Tsarkoe Selo into St. Petersburg. That is why Kerensky sent them to the east to far off Tobolsk. It was not his fault that later the Bolsheviks sent them all to Ekaterinburg where they were murdered. Both Nicholas and Alexandra were responsible for the collapse of the once great Romanov dynasty.
Rurik ………
Nicholas and Alexandria were the best leaders russia has ever seen, it was the bolsheviks that persuaded many of the workers in cities to rise against the merchants and the farmers who had land.
@@overtimedemo4399 Financed by Germany.
@@overtimedemo4399 that is simply not correct.
@@davidlogan4329 That right if it they was the best leader why their country is left behind compare to other Europe . Especially when his minister keep advice him otherwise to help Russia. All he did is that he ignored their advice and doom Russia. WW1 was the final straw. They already broken after losing to the Japanese. Now they are in a much bigger war. You think it a wise ideal to enter it.
Not to mention i can't believe at least his wife should have listen to Rasputin. They crazy monk even warn them if they enter this war they are finished.
I have never forgiven England for for not protecting the Romanov family. It still upsets me.
Bro the English people does not want them.
I know but there was a reason wish I knew why
There was no way to get them out.
This guy was a total failure as a king. Indirectly he was responsible for the death oh his entire family. Very sad.
I am from East Africa (Kenya) and a great enthusiast of Soviet Union history. However, I find the ending of The Czar's sad and cruel. Whether politically correct or wrong, no human deserves such tragic endings. More so, the cruelty and violence that was descended on the Nicholas II family were the worst forms of evil and atrocities committed against humanity.
Well said
Just goes to show that Marxists can’t be trusted. And many on the left in America nowadays think that socialism is the answer. These brats don’t know history!
But didn't they oppress the Jewish people in Russia then?
@@ricachona4095 Yes, the Romanovs were anti-Semitic. They supported the pogroms and massacres of the Jewish population.
Technically Nicholas is not the last Tsar. He abdicated on behalf of himself and his son. The title Tsar then went to his brother Michael.
Please pay attention to what was sayed in video before commenting about subjects that where mentioned there
Michael never officially accepted the crown. He should have. They killed him anyway.
Then me
His brother did not want the title and refused it. So Nicholas was the last Tsar.
Yeah but he turned it down after literally a couple days. In was Czar in name only and not at all officially.
😢that execution, I can imagine the fear the felt
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.
@@bigeneingers well thst because his father failed to teach him and mentor him
@@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.
@@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
@@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
Great video. Long live Nicholas II.
Hes been dead for quite a while
What an absurd comment! How can he live long.Hes been dead since 1918!
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.
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.
@@theCosmicQueen most of Victoria I’s descendants inclusive of Great Britain’s current king have a risk of haemophilia
Nicholas was grossly incompetent. He received highly intelligent advice and never took it.
@@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.
@@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.
Nicholas II of Russia (r. 1894-1917) was the most distantly related to Queen Victoria. The two did share a common ancestor by blood, though it was antecedent. The Tzar also wedded the queen's granddaughter Alexandra of Hesse.
Queen Victoria must have been devastated losing her granddaughter and Great Grandchildren.
Queen Victoria died 1901. She would of definitely let them come to England had she been alive.
Queen Victoria died in January 1901. Nicholas and Alexandra died in July 1918.
It’s sad cause the Tsarina was the favorite granddaughter to Queen Victoria. If she had been alive during the revolution, it would’ve meant she’d have gotten them out of there. Maybe not Nicky, but her grandchild and great grandchildren.
Nicholas was only a relation through marriage. He was not related to Queen Victoria.
@@analynn8110 The Bolsheviks would not have listened to Queen Victoria. They hated royalty.
It's terrible that people rejoice over anyone's death and some comments here are absolutely horrible.
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
Unfortunately Nicholas had no training before becoming Czar. That was his father's fault.
Nicholas and Alexandra did what they thought was right.
NO ruler is perfect. I can't imagine going through what the Romanovs went through. Look at what's going on today. It's no better than back in those terrible days.
What are you talking about?????!!!!!!! If you have no knowledge, please, do not write sily comments! Russia became very powerful and rich during his ruling , that's why, England( and other " friends") needed to do something about this! And they paid that satanists Vladimir ulianov ( Lenin), they gave him money to do revolution in Russia! Unfortunately, Russian people,they didn't realize that and betrayed Tzar!!!((((( He is the best Tzar on earth!!!!!!❤️
Except we have air conditioning today. That part is great!
Nicholas had far greater training than his father. You are wrong about Nicholas having no training. He was sent abroad to represent his father, he served in the military and on the state council. He also had one on one tuition from a variety of tutors. Don't fall for the simplistic rubbish that has no connection with historical fact.
@@davidlogan4329all of these things are true. However, Nicholas's father, never thought that he had to teach his son the "major tricks" for the job.
He thought that he was going to live many more years and therefore could afford to let Nicholas get away with little responsibility.
It is said that when Alexander died, Nicholas burst into tears and said: "what am I going to do now? I am not ready to become tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the buisness of ruling. I don't even know how to talk to the ministers."
Does this sound like a person who received solid training in statecraft from the beginning? Of course not.
@@ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ "never thought that he had to teach his son the "major tricks" for the job"- holy crapo, major tricks my behind. Nick was tied to his rasputin-crazed wife's apron strings (metaphorically speaking as apron was definitely not part of her highness wardrobe) and disregarded the services/advice of his ministers (those are the "major tricks" if you will). The man lacked both courage and wit, that was his problems and that's why the kids ended up in bayonets as well.
Can you please do a video on the royal family of Versailles?
WHITHOUT THE BACKGROUND MUSIC PLEASE.
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.
"cousin and brother George V" And I'm done.
Uh oh. Is thst in the vid? That N2 & G5 were brothers? P
@@dsoule4902 They were not brothers. They were cousins.
@@SymphonyBrahms yes. We know. The context is that that was yet another error in the vid, which made it unwatchable. Smh
In 1989....1998. Dyslexia rules KO!
While Nicholas was not a very good Tsar, he and his family did not deserve to die, especially in the horrific way they did.
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
My family moved to Russia with the Tsarina. We came from Simferopal (sp?) On the coast of the Black Sea. We were part of the Tsarina's high Court. According to my parents, we high tailed it out of Russia just before the Bolsheviks took over. We left on foot, in the night and We moved to Canada with money sewed into our clothes. My fam bought a lot of land in Alberta and prospered. Eventually my great grandparents would sell much of the land, and split what they kept with my grandpa and his siblings. I only know of one great uncle still owning land in Northern Alberta
Thnx for sharing your family story
I don't believe a word
The Tsarina came from Germany, not from the Crimea on the Black Sea, which was already a part of Russia.
@@SymphonyBrahms from what I've been told, MY family came from Simferopal. When she became the Tsarina, my family moved with her to be part of the high Court. Then we left when the $hit was about to hit the fan. Also, on my dad's side I have only been able to go back to the 1800s so far but his family mainly came from Prussia it seems. Not Russia but Prussia
Regardless of how you feel about the Tsar, him and his family didn't deserve their fate.
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.
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
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
A great book, well written and true
He had a great beard anyways.
😂
The Bloody Sunday event was not a peaceful protest. The person who lead the march to the palace was Fr Georgi Gapon who was using people to push revolution against the tsars. There were people who marched peacefully because they misinformed about what they were going there for but there were alot that were rioting provoking a revolution.
You're full of it. There was no violence until the Czar's troops opened fire without provocation. The marchers only requested an audience with their ruler who they believed loved them. They even sang "God Save the Czar." That all changed when the troops followed standard procedure.
@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917 I don't understand people who support Communism... Communism in Russia alone has killed 61,000,000 people between 1917-1991... that is only communism in Russia. I would hate to see how many lives communism in China, North Korea, Cuba, and other countries have claimed... but you keep believing the lie that communism cares about the working class.
rubbish
Thank you for this history lesson of the last Russian czar. How very sad I had read it in history book
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.
There have been many terrifying leaders Russia and their countries love it
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
@@ddiiaannaa6435 True, and I like strong Russia.
Not a Russia of Boris Yeltsin or guys like him.
If there ever was a Paper Tiger...It was this man.
He might as well have been on stage playing...A Zsar
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".
Amazing narrators voice
This is a very sad story!
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.
You sir are correct!! The planning for the Russian Revolution began at the conference of Vienna in 1814-15.
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.
@@Tboy439 Why? How do you know?
@@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.
@@Tboy439 and where di you study/ read this history?
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.
6th largest country? The Russian Empire was as large as 1/6 of the total of the surface, check that man...
I think he meant by population
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
Nicholas was a loving husband, doting father, patriotic Russian but a lousy Tsar. Wrong man at the wrong time.
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.
started two war and lost. got what every loser deserves......
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
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...
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.
Nicholas' first big mistake was not executing those soldiers that shot civilians.
Why would he have done that? Those soldiers were following his orders.
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 utter lack of communication, that we so take for granted now did not exist
Nick was a handsome man
And?
A sad story
❤ all your video's mate 👍.
This was so good, thank you!
For those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 1961. Essentially correct when you look at Chang Kai Chiek of China, the Shah,s Iran, Batista,s Cuba and Somoza,s Nicaragua.
And those countries are better off now (2022) then they were when they were ruled by those you mentioned?
+@@brucemarsico6 You just don,t get it do you!
Wow he is handsome❤
Nicholas II Terribleness is what created the Terribleness after his rule.
NO. the non russians and other traitor revolutionaries, were much more terrible by about 60,000,000x and more. They were evil people not just strict rulers. He was a sweetheart compared to them. He used police for law and order, but the revolutionaries, commissars and stalinists murdered the innocent.
he created his eating monsters
Lenin and Stalin were much worse than he was.
@@SymphonyBrahms he raised them
Nicholas had Four siblings, two brothers and two sisters, not four brothers
True, but he did technically have 3 brothers: Alexander, George and Michael. Sadly, Alexander died infancy. Nicholas’s father had 4 surviving brothers.
@@brooks7894 yes that's right, thankyou
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?
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.
Resemblance with the British King, George V is noticable!
Nicholas II - this is the title of tsar. Tsar Nicholas II was not killed, When he was shot he was just citizen N. Romanov due to his abdication by himself.
yeah he was forced to do this but it did no good for him or his family. the revolutionaires murdered thier Tsar, and innocent family, regardless of phoney labels of citizen. BTW THE AMERICANS NEVER KILLED OUR KING OR HIS FAMILY. so anyone thinking it was same as our revolution is a real idiot.
Picky, picky, picky.
According to Bolshevik marxists subversives, I dont recognize their authority, and so he shall be called Tsar Nicholas to the end.
I had a great x3 uncle that did the interior decor & marble interior of tsarkoe selo
Cyprian godebska.
It was the Alexander Palace that was located in the town of Tsarskoe Selo.
@@SymphonyBrahms oh, 👍 👌
I've read many times the czar & his family referred to it as ' Tsarko Celo ' ,so I imagined it was the name of the Palace. Sorry.
@@misiasert1348 You are a kind person.
God bless you and don't ever change who you are😉
@@rdallas81 wow!! thankyou sir.. just such a nice thing o say.. you cant even begin to imagine how much your comment cheered me.Thankyoux
@@misiasert1348 You deserve it.
Thanks for the thanks.
I can surely say another one is in the making & will rise up soon.
Archduke Frank Ferdinand was assassinated in June 1914 and not May as said in the video
Wow My Great Great Grand Parent Fled Russia also Mine got on A Ship and got let off in Manitoba Canada . In the early 1900's .
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.
How was the Tsar not advised on the issues that was going on in his vast empire? Wondering 🤔 💭 why...
He was isolated from reality.
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.
All collaborated with Bolsheviks. even white army was also encouraging revolution and helping revolutionaries and they were following orders from Vladimir Lenin.
He had a massive number of advisers. He largely ignored their highly intelligent advice.
Political intrigue, I would presume some of his "faithful vassals and advisors" were working against him behind the scenes
My understanding is the Duma was powerless. They could easily be vetoed.
It's true. Nicholas wasn't inclined to hand over any serious power to the Duma to begin with
The Duma had been abolished by then, and Lenin was running the country.
@@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
The worst tsar, weak and cruel
Nicholas II would go along with whoever talked to him last. He needed a powerful and influential brother or Chief advisor.
Anastasia could have had a prequel with all this material
Anastasia died with the rest of the family. Her bones were found in the mass grave with her parents and siblings.
@@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
The life of opulence while the rest lived in severe poverty
Is it any different now?
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No.inequality is imposed by nature itself. evil rulers just amplify it .we will never get rid of inequality.
It's been that way almost since day one!
Russia has never had a real democracy (with free speech etc.) But always was rules by autocrats, just as Putin is an autocratic ruler now. It seems as though Russians have gotten used to the one-man strongman system. Any thoughts about this yay or nay?
I do agree with that for the most part and I feel Nick the 2nd was a decent honest man but had to appease both government (the rich) and the people (the poor). It was a lose lose situation for him. I've always wondered what it would be like if the Romanov family stayed in power especially under his blood line.
Well they originally voted for Tzar Vladimir and saw him as a “new hope “ , but clearly all that glitters isn’t gold ! ... l think there is something ingrained in their culture to be swayed by those type of men and have them as their representatives , but also any type of dissenttion is quickly quashed and Russians participate in the quashing , so l don’t know.. it’s cultural, societal , political, there so many levels as to why they always end up with those type of rulers.
@@dar4431 Look up some alternate history videos there are plenty of them out there that explain what happen if the Romanoffs still ruled Russia
There was real freedom of speech and some kind of a democracy back in 1990s, but Russian economy was struggling and a lot of people assumed that democratic path led to poverty and extreme crime rates. So unfortunately a lot of Russians do not want democracy at all
Great russian famine, Holodomor, Famine in Khazakhstan, Lazar Kaganovich, Genrikh Yagoda, Aron Solts, Filipp Goloshchyokin, Yakov Rappoport, Lazar Kogan, Matvei Berman, Naftaly Frenkel
Maria didn't have the diamonds sown into her clothing. Olga, Tatiana & Anastasia did. Other than that, video's accurate.
Video is NOT accurate.
That is false, and a story that has circulated in an attempt to portray the Royal Family as greedy and money hungry. If you actually believe that they were allowed to keep any jewlery after they were taken into custody, then I've got some land I want to sell you when the tide goes out.
@@Tboy439 loose white topaz and diamonds were found in the grave with the bodies. The murderers themselves recounted finding jewels sewn into the clothing of three girls and Alexis. The speculation is they did that when the Olga and Alexis where ill before the move to Siberia. Maria went with the Tzar and Tzarina. Anastasia and Tatiana stayed with their sick siblings. This wouldn’t have been unusual or portray greed. Jewels were and are portable wealth. If there had been a chance to escape, they would’ve needed that to finance the escape.
@@beebeebird2878 ...I guess if you insist on believing the story of the murderers as they were attempting to justify what they had done, go for it. In truth, all their valuables were comviscated upon their arrest. As the story was told, that they had so many jewels sewn into their clothes that the bullets bounced off and they ended up having to stab them to finish a couple of them off, which is rediculous. It was a clear attempt to portray them as greedy and uncaring. PS...It was New York banker Jacob Schiff who ordered their liquidation. Lenin and Trotsky had no say in the matter.
A few inaccuracies :)
nice video
I kinda feel bad for Nicholas and Alexi- they were so young and ill advised, whenever he demonstrated his own mind (aka to not celebrate after hearing about the people dying in the trample) he was challenged- and then of course Rasputin was a psychopath who took advantage of a young couple with a disabled child.. I feel like if they had gotten the thrown older and more experienced, history might have played out differently..