Czar Nicholas II?

The last Czar of Russia, according to certain books, was a weak man, with very low self esteem. His own father, Alexander III mistreated him and call him: "you are a little girl"

Alexander was convinced that his son was an inept and kept him apart from the duties of the czarism, making even more difficult for Nicholas to do his job when he became Czar.

He was convinced that he was incapable of doing something good, but thought that it was his duty to assume the throne.

He lacked personality, strength of character, decision, etc. He usually paid attention to the worst advisers, making the worse decisions. According to his ministers, he made a decision today and the next day he would go back.

When the Russo Japanese war, he was so clumsy, guided by inept counselors, that ignored a chance of closing the conflict in an appropriate way, and instead, the Russian army was defeated by the Japanese, a tremendous loss of prestige

Later, Nicholas tried to keep the strict rules that his father established, trying to follow his steps, but the results were terrible. He didn't receive the request taken to the Winter Palace by the people. Instead, he ordered the soldiers to attack them.

This action make the people lose hope in the Czar and created a good background for the comunists

Haha, looks like it got explained for me!! Animal farm, great book. The humans obviously are symbolic of the royal family, Mr. Jonas being Czar Nicholas II, the raven was Rasputin, Boxer was the common people (I think, I read it 5 years ago). The dogs were the kremlin. The building of the wind mill, was what? The 5 year project? I can't remember what the event was called that was instituted by the Soviet Union. Anyway, great symbolism, loved the book so much.

I cannot do the comparison for you, however . . .

Czar Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia. From what I've read about him, he really didn't want to be Czar, he deeply loved his wife - Czarina Alexandra - and his children.

He was not a good leader and took bad advice which put him in a bad light with his subjects.

Wikipedia has some great details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia

Czar Nicholas II was the last czar of Russia before the Bolsheviks took over. The Russian people were unhappy under his rule, as he ruled under an autocracy. Under Nicholas II, Russia was still behind Britain and the U.S. in industry. That's a little bit.

Czar Nicholas was poorly prepared to assume his throne and, as others have said, often chose the wrong advisors. In the years leading up to the revolution, he tried to form a parliament twice, but dismissed it both times when the members started asking for reforms he couldn't implement.

In poor Nicholas defense, I would like to add one thing.

He was probably the most blatently misrepresented person of the 20th century.

No one ever made a statement about him that didn't have a political axe to grind.

And all the people who knew him, and could speak in his defense, either died at about the same time, or turned against him.

I'm not saying that everything written about him is false, or that he was better (or worse) than he is portrayed. I'm just saying that there is a lot of mis-information out there.

The victors write the history books.

Beware your history books.

His downfalls were not really his mistakes but his weaknesses. His son, sick with hemophilia, was "saved" by Rasputin, who thereafter, took more and more influence over the Empress, who in turn, influenced the Czar. Unfortunately, Rasputin was a power hungry scoundrel, and didn't care much about the consequences of his acts. Had he been better counseled, the Czar might have saved his throne, life and family. He was weak, and that was his downfall.

Tzar Nicholas II and his family were a fascinating part of the intriguing Russian history. I must have 10-15 books about them.

Check out this link, so you will learn something about him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia

My personal opinion is that he was a very mild, meek man, due to an overbearing father. He actually did not do a good job of running the country, as he preferred to spend his time being a family man. His family was very important to him, however he would not stand up to his wife who took upon herself to advise him politically.

During the Russian Revolution, he gave up his title as Tzar, and he and his wife, three daughters, and son went into exile. Ultimately they were executed, and the Imperial Dynasty of Russia was ended.

There are numerous books about their exile, executions, and the possibility of one of the children, Anastasia, surviving.

Here are some things I know about him:

He married his first cousin

He did not want to become czar and made a pretty poor one

He and his wife had four daughters and one son

The son was hemophiliac

He spoke at least four languages

He was executed along with his entire family in 1918

these sites can help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia

this is about his reign, execution and sainthood

http://www.worldwar1.com/biorczar.htm

this is about his general info.