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Tsar Nicholas II
By Stephanie Chan
BORN PLACE DIED PLACE
May 6, 1868 Tsarskoye Selo July 16, 1918 Yekaterinburg (now Pushkin), Russia
+Tsar Nicholas II was Russia's last emperor; 26 yrs. old +Suceeded his father's (Alexander III) throne in 1894 +Directed the construction of Trans- Siberian, made peace with France, and shared entente w/ Great Britain + Caused Russo- Japanese War (1904- 1905) +Abdicated in March 1917
+Outcome of Russo-Japanese War were peasant revolts, industrial strikes, and violent outbreaks( Revolution of 1905) +Economic growth, advised by Sergei Witte +His weak military caused military failures +Poor relationship with the State of Duma, main advisor
Bibliography
+ http://www.answers.com/tsar%20nicholas%202 + http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/nicholasii.htm +http://www.milford.k12.il.us/MHSsite/Students/studentproj/animal/historicalfigures/tsar.htm
[1868 - 1918]
Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov Family [Music and Pictures]
+Educated by private tutors +Strived in History and Foreign Language; not Economics
+Married Alexandra of Hesse- Darmstadt, granddaughter of Queen Victoria
+He believed that Japan would not go to war & surrender + During R-JWar, lost control of China,Perisa, Tibet & [Europe]
+Russians never fully trusted him
