Russia in the reign of Nicholas II презентация

Who was Nicholas II?
Nicholas II was the last Tsar of the Russian Empire who ruled between 1894 and 1917 under the official title of ‘Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias.
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov was born near St Petersburg on 18 May 1868, the eldest son of Tsar Alexander III. When he succeeded his father in 1894, he had very little experience of government.

What did Nicholas II do before he became Tsar?
Nicholas received good home education and was being prepared for his future role as Tsar of the Russian Empire. He served as a junior officer in the Lifeguard Preobrazhensky Regiment, one of the oldest elite regiments in Imperial Russia, and the Lifeguard Hussar Regiment. In 1892 Nicholas was promoted to the ranks of colonel.In 1891, as an heir to the throne, Nicholas travelled around the greater part of the Eurasian continent. During this trip he suffered an assassination attempt in Japan from one of his escorting policemen.

Family life
just days after inheriting the Russian throne following his father Tsar Alexander III’s death, Nicholas II married German princess Alix of Hesse, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria on her mother’s side and a godchild of Nicholas’ own father. As Russian Tsarina and Empress, she became known as Alexandra Feodorovna.Having married for love, Nicholas II was a family man. The royal couple moved their home to the suburbs of St Petersburg and paid rare visits to the capital. He has Four daughters – Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. And 1 son .

Under the Reign of Nicholas II :
The Russo-Japanese War (1904)
The Revolution Of 1905.
Bloody Sunday 1905
Anti-jewish pogroms of (1903-1906)
World War I.

The Execution of the Tsar And his Family:
Nicholas, his Wife Alexandra, their four daughters Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and son Alexey, were put under House arrest at Tsarskoye selo, then Tobolsk and finaly in Yekaterinburg.
A year later, they were all executed by the Bolsheviks.