Robert Massie’s biographies of Nicholas and Alexandra , Catherine the Great and Peter the Great are major sources to understand the Romanov monarchy. The savagery of the killings of the most moderate monarchy in Europe presaged our modern world.
That's exactly how things work on that level. But even so, the brutality and subhuman manner it was accomplished remains one of the cruelest acts ever.
I completely agree. I shall never believe his British cousin/king could not have found SOME way to rescue that dear family. I’ve read all the many excuses, but I wager if the task were given to the U.S. Seal Team 6, the job would have gotten done.
@Phil Ad however, to our knowledge, never before in history were the children of a royal killed with him/her! Alexei was 14 years old, Anastasia 17, Maria 19, Tatiana 21, and Olga 22!
@Phil Ad this was a case of eliminating an entire family and in a most brutal way. Shot and bayonetted repeatedly in a hell of a mess due to the amateurish brutality of the murderers.
Hope more people could watch this video...Many, many historians lied about Nicholas II and there's another Nicholas than people doesn't know. You gave us a glimpse of him.
@@joannewinter7879 oh, it was not a correction! We just wanted you to know that the Orthodox Church has given them the honor they deserve! Best wishes! 🌷
@@Annasea666 poor girl you don't understand anything, they are dead because it happend many years ago as every one of us we are going To died the late as possible but They was killed and they didn't deserve it this and yes they are with God, if you don't belive it is not our problem.
Saint Nick was a man of future no one will compared with him in religious beliefs -when he was praying all icons were broken - in delicacy, beauty, kindness for army, he never insulted people and his wife,daughters were models in all ..have you seen all videos with them? A lot of people love them because they were saints
Not to mention that Alexandria didn't lavish her daughters with expensive gifts, jewels, and luxury in fact I remember reading that she made them do chores, make their own beds, and work for their money it really burns me when people believe all the crap that is told about Nicholas and the Romanovs, I try to tell them this book is truthful and all fact-based but they keep saying it's all bias and lies.
Thank you so much for put this video. I love this royal family, and tell the story of Nicholas and his daughters. Olga, Tatiana, María, Anastasia and Alexei. I love them from the bottom of my heart. 😍😍🌺🌹❤️ Be they rest in peace. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Louis Montbatten affectionately known as Dicky kept a photograph of Maria by his bedside until his assassination in 1979. He is said to have been in love with her and was deeply saddened by her murder
No one's questioning that Nicholas II was a loving father and devoted husband. But you can't deny that despite the best efforts of private tutors, he was of average intelligence at best. He knew he lacked the ability to rule a diverse and troubled empire, but he resisted delegating the tasks to more able men. The Dunning-Kruger effect kept him from realizing how truly out of his depth he was. Plus, his reformist grandfather's assassination left him firmly convinced that any attempt to reduce the Tsar's powers was folly. He only assented to the creation of the Duma after a relative told him bluntly that the revolution had already begun, and reform was a necessity. Nicholas should have been a younger son, with no responsibilities of rule. Then he could have devoted himself to being the family man he always was at heart. Maybe then Russia would have transitioned painlessly to becoming a democracy, and he could have lived out his natural lifespan with his wife by his side.
Dear Astrin, unfortunately this is exactly what more than a hundred years of Western history, due to many complicated factors, has lead people to believe. However, the truth is quite far from that. In our recently published book, we have presented the real dimensions of Tsar Nicholas' reign, based solely on Russian sources and archival documents, which have never been published in English before. The book, thus, puts to rest many of the negative myths, held for more than a century, and rehashed over and over again in the last 50 years by so many so-called Western experts, who have basically copied and pasted what they found in books written before them based on false and foul information, looking to fit (again) a complicated agenda. We have published here a few videos as well, that give the truth through the proper perspective. For example, the British renowned Cambridge professor Dominic Lieven, in just a few minutes gives a unique summary of Tsar Nicholas' reign. Use this link to watch it, it's only approx. 5 minutes (link takes you straight to the point of reference): th-cam.com/video/Ai_NysgnT3I/w-d-xo.html Additionally, you can read the following (excerpt from Sir Winston Churchill's, The World Crisis 1916-1918, Vol. 3, p. 224), which gives yet another objective evaluation of Tsar Nicholas' reign: "... the brunt of supreme decisions centered upon him [Tsar Nicholas II]. At the summit where all problems are reduced to Yea or Nay, where events transcend the faculties of man and where all is inscrutable, he had to give the answers. His was the function of the compass needle. War or no war? Advance or retreat? Right or left? Democratise or hold firm? Quit or persevere? These were the battlefields of Nicholas II. Why should he reap no honor from them? The devoted onset of the Russian armies which saved Paris in 1914; the mastered agony of the munition-less retreat; the slowly regathered forces; the victories of Brusilov; the Russian entry upon the campaign of 1917, unconquered, stronger than ever; has he no share in these? In spite of errors vast and terrible, the regime he personified, over which he presided, to which his personal character gave the vital spark, had at this moment won the war for Russia. “He is about to be struck down. A dark hand, gloved at first in folly, now intervenes. Exit Tsar. Deliver him and all he loved to wounds and death. Belittle his efforts, asperse his conduct, insult his memory; but pause then to tell us who else was found capable. Who or what could guide the Russian state? Men gifted and daring; men ambitious and fierce, spirits audacious and commanding-of these there were no lack. But none could answer the few plain questions on which the life and fame of Russia turned.” Thank you for your comment here. We appreciate your interaction with our project. Best wishes!
I've always had an interest in Russian history and even just the nation in and of itself, despite not being Russian personally. I'm an American. When I first heard of Nicholas II, I found his story really interesting. So naturally, I decided to see if there were any images/paintings done of him and was absolutely blown away when I saw them. I'm practically a spitting image of Nicholas II, which was really strange to me when I first saw him. After listen to this documentary, I'm even more blown away. I was born in 1994 (the year that they found the 9 skeletons that were believed to be the Romanov skeletons). A little less weird, but my older brother was born in 1991 which was the year the Soviet Union was dissolved. Couldn't help but have the hair of my neck stand on end after hearing all of that. Thank you for the video, it was really well put together. Now I want to learn even more about the Romanovs!
In a video the expert examinator of the bones of tsar Nicolas II told that from a laboratorial lamina with powder of tsar's bones a intense smell of roses was spread in the place using as laboratory. So it is a signal of God about Nicolas II.
No one alive today actually knew Nicholas 2nd personally, we all have our own ideals and perceptions of him. I have read quite a lot of literature in reference to him. He was a loving family man, but was seen as a weak leader. He made major errors, the war with Japan in 1904/05, leaving his wife and Rasputin in charge when he was away at the front in WW1, the debacle when he was his coronation. It is such a tragedy that the royal family were executed by the bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg in 1918. It's a sad fate that the British monarch King George offered the family refuge, but then unexpectedly withdrew the offer. It is said that Tsar Nicholas's last words when Yurovsky read out the family's death sentence was 'what, what' The last tsesarevich Alexei and Maria are still awaiting burial over a century after their gruesome murders. DNA analysis (a sample of his DNA was given by Prince Philip) confirms the bones found in the forested area where in fact the Romanovs
Badly he was surrounded by weak advisers. If he had sages around him, he could have started liberal reforms in Russia focused on domestic issues and neutrality or the exercise of balance of power between ambitious austria-hungary and german empires, and greedy British and french empires. He may be a royalty, but his family is a typical one with personal struggles like anyone in the world.
again blaming the English king when the tsar was really to blame for not having a plan B in case things got ugly...he was a father, he should have insured his children first and sent them abroad at the first sign that the Things were getting ugly, it didn't matter if the children or the wife didn't want it, but the tsar didn't do it, he showed weakness again.
I know someone whose great grandfather helped to protect the Tsar . We were just speaking of this . I never thought Nicholas ll was bad . As an American I felt quite the opposite. It was heart breaking .
As an American you should treasure democracy. The Tsar failed to implement a constitunional democracy like in other countries in western Europe and for that reason Russia decended into chaos. Saldy Russia has never known democracy , even today in the XXI century.
Nicholas II did not even have to abdicate. He should have simply taken his family out of the country while he had the chance - perhaps during March to May, 1917. His problem was that he never saw this Communist murderous brutality coming. If only he could have foreseen the events
He was in house arrest at that time. It would have been very difficult to escape as they could have been recognized, the Empress and Tsarevich with delicate health. They didn’t see tragedy coming in this early phase.
Nicholas the second was a dictator. He did not need to give orders for shooting in Blood Sunday to be blamed for it. If he was against it he should condemned the shouters.
Thank you for this. History can be fascinating, some times sad. It's a way to cross the barrier of time to get to know facets of those who have passed on, to see them as people, only human.
Thank you for watching, Brenda! Here's another video on our channel which you will surely find interesting: th-cam.com/video/NEHNpqydBbo/w-d-xo.html Best wishes The RRM Project Team www.romanovs.eu/en-book
Thank you for uploading this video. May the late Tsar and his entire family who were victims of the Bolsheviks rest in peace. I salute the family members who are keeping their memory of the Romanovs for posterity.
Very interesting! The colour photos are fantastic and bring the subjects to life again! As a history teacher, I always taught the goodness of the Tsar and the family as people and as victims of their circumstances. It was ironic that Nicholas II's death was a revenge by Lenin (Ulyanov) for his brother's death under Alexander III.
From what I have gathered, his policies were conservative like his grandfathers. Would be interesting to see what his fate would have been had be continued his fathers vision.
Kathy Cao: I believe you have it backwards. Alexander III (Nicholas II’s father) was far more conservative than Alexander II (his father and Nicholas II’s grandfather). When Alexander II died, a prototype for a constitution to share power, was taken from his desk and destroyed.
Nicholas also spoke Danish, thanks to his mother. I wonder why he never had it taught to his children? I know it wasn’t really a “major” European language compared to French and English, so if he ever did teach them any Danish it likely might have been informally, in private...
I doubt the children spoke or learned Danish, they spoke Russian and English though the Tsarevich according to some accounts didn’t master the English language due to his illness or refused to learn it. However unlike his sisters he was fluent in French thanks to his close bond with tutor Pierre Gilliard
Thank you for such an interesting documentary on Nicholas II. I have enjoyed all of the Romanov documentaries. May they rest in peace and in God's grace.
How could such "bright", "pure" and "beautiful" people have fallen "victim"? Besides incompetence and mismanagement: their reluctance and unwillingness to change to new ways of living that had been sweeping Europe for decades. And for very good reasons.
Nicholas II was not a bad man but he was not a statesman, he was an autocratic monarch. He loved his family and he loved Russia. However responsibility of the Russian people fell of his shoulders. His sin was that he was isolated from his people and he was inattentive to desperately needed social changes. Feeling these same changes, the German Empire instituted unemployment and old age pension systems to stem the rising threat. The murder of Nicholas and his family was a tragedy that became an event in history. The Romanov death's provided for a revolution and another autocratic regime. Romantic nostalgia is a longing for a past that is no longer here..
All of them were isolated. If they had been more in touch, maybe they would have seen the danger of the turmoil and leave St. Petersburg before it was too late.
Hi, Rory! If you are really interested in the truth about the life and death of the last Romanov family, as well as to what really took place in Russian during that turbulent era, then we highly recommend our book, which offers previously unpublished materials strictly from primary and archival sources. Our book brings to light a multitude of unknown and unrevealed facts, which evince that many truths remain silenced or distorted to this day. If you like to learn more, you can visit our official website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book In the pages of the book, the eye of the reader’s mind will be apprised of the portraits of the Romanov family's psyche, depicted with the colors of their very own words from the personal writings of the family and of those who lived very close to them. Very best wishes for a wonderful Christmas! 🎁🎄
Please, please keep doing your amazing work. You do not know how much your work has helped me learn more. God bless you and God bless the Holy Royal Martyrs and may they watch over us always as loved Saints of God ☦️❤️
Nicholas the II definitely does get a bad rap throughout history because of the collapse of the country and of Soviet union rule. But the fact of the matter is there was just so many mess ups that Nicholas did that ruined his rule.
If anyone should ever be cloned, it should be this family, as they were completely robbed of living out their natural lifespans. I still can't believe Russians killed them.
One of the tragedies of Nicholas II's reign is that he had a great minister, Pyotr Stolypin, who sternly repressed revolutionary terrorists yet in his economic reforms wanted to modernise the Russian economy and transform backward peasant agriculture. However the political establishment constantly undermined Stolypin, who also managed to alienate the Empress, he lost Nicholas' confidence and he would probably have been dismissed if he had not been assassinated by a double agent. If Stolypin had been given ten years to implement his reforms and WWl had been avoided it's possible that Russia could have evolved into a modern constitutional monarchy.
Rest in Peace you all beautiful souls. Eternal Happiness with your beloved wife and beautiful children. Love and Marriage with beautiful perfect children made in Heaven.
Hello there, Kei! If you are interested in the truth about the life and death of the last Romanov family, as well as to what really took place in Russia during that turbulent era, then we highly recommend our book, which offers previously unpublished materials strictly from primary and archival sources. Our book brings to light a multitude of unknown and unrevealed facts, which evince that many truths remain silenced or distorted to this day. If you like to learn more, you can visit our official website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book In the pages of the book, the eye of the reader’s mind will be apprised of the portraits of the Romanov family's psyche, depicted with the colors of their very own words from the personal writings of the family and of those who lived very close to them.
Nicholas II became a tsar too early and he himself said that he was not interested in that crown at all. But I think that more powerful man couldn´t have said no to the revolution. Russia was those very old- fashioned country in the view of the other countries. But I really admire that he was a very different man in his family and he loved his family. The mystery was that, when the revolution began, his cousin George V was not interested to save their family. It was too late, when the family was moved to that Ipatjev house. There are in my opinion very few fotographs of the those days. And the massacre in the July 1918 has no real photos or something.
His family had been targeted for some time coz exploiters had their eyes set on Russia. He was too honest, too integrated, too refined to deal with such miscreants. Standing in his shoes, anyone in his place would have compromised with the exploiters EXCEPT EMPEROR NICHOLAS II and his truly noble family. That makes the family unique and celestial. We'll always miss the family, but Russians will prevail thanks to his finesse and divine tolerance.
That is truly a wonderful comment, Roshin, thanks for sharing with us! You are blessed with clear understanding of a very distorted chapter in history! Best wishes!
@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs been reading some shocking stories about the background reasons that lead to his assassination and the traumas brought upon his family. Rasputin was deliberately planted to carry out the mission of demoralizing and defaming the chaste family. Nicholas II is one of the rare monarchs who chose death instead of compromise. To him, his people meant everything.
People lived in poverty and the church held back development. Nicolas wouldn’t give any power even to the Duma. He brought the revenge on himself. I don’t wish ill of anyone but who morns the sons of the Russian mothers killed at the front due to the negligence of Nicolas.
What you say has great value. Indeed every story has two sides. The loss of so many Russian soldiers and poor souls is a tragedy. So is the slaughter of Nicholas and his children and servants. It's no use to try and compare these losses and tragedies. We simply owe it to ourselves and future generations to remember both sides of history.
Dear Patrick, I am sorry to say, but historically you are absolutely inaccurate. The Tzar's leadership of the Army would have led to fall of Germany in late 1917-beginning of 1918 and Russia would have become one of the victors (alongside with its allies of course). Then there would not be any revolution of any kind, nor the ill Versailles Treaty that brought Nazis to life, and so on. The treachery of Russian generals who overthrown the Tzar in February 1917 is the cruellest treachery in whole Russian history. Dumas (all of them) were absolutely impotent in political and economical matters. It was absolutely clear even at those days, not saying about present archive documents. Please also refer to the results of Provisional Government rule and see what this "Duma Power" could give the nation.
@@Jagdflieger03 shortages of rifles ammo food. Poor leadership. The revolution didn’t happen in a vacuum. The Czar was incompetent and dropped the ball. That’s based on empirical evidence not visceral feelings.
I am reading "The private diary of Nicolas II" from dec. 1916 to July 1918, translated in French (my mother-tongue). I CAN'T understand: How The Tsar could spend so much time with Anna VYROUBOVA, who even Pierre GILLIARD wrote was a simple minded? How the Tsar could have write every day in his diary "I slept well. Today it's -12°C outside, I had a walk" and absolutly boring things? He also wrote he met "Benkendorf, Dolgoroukov, Williams, Janin, Ryckel, Coanda, Romei, Marcengo, Lontkevich", without writing what they talked about, what he thought about their talks, like a 15 years old? And why these Officers, Lieutenant Generals, and powerful people he met, didn't anything to replace a man unable to rule the country, and avoid being tortured, shot, or being taxi drivers in PARIS? Millions of innocent people suffered and died because of Nicolas II who let the evils take the power.
First for Anna Vyrubova. I think it is very selfish to say that a person should not keep company to another person because he/she is simple-minded! Are we supposed to have only clever people as friends? Yes, Gilliard said that Anna was naïve. But he never said that she was a bad or evil person. If she had a kind heart, as we know she did, then that is enough for a person to be qualified as a good friend. The habit of keeping a diary for Nicholas, as well as all the other members of his family, did not have as its purpose the preservation of memories. He wrote in his diary very perfunctorily, mentioning events in a telegraphic manner with nearly no personal content. Nicholas’ main purpose in the systematic keeping of his diary was to train himself to maintain absolute self-discipline. Even Kerensky realized that, to a certain degree, and he wrote: “It is usual to picture the murdered Czar as a man of very limited capacity and intellectual development, the favorite reference in this connection being his peculiarly shallow diary, which has now been published. Particularly famous is the entry made on some very important historical day: ‘Had a walk in the park, shot two crows.’ But the diary was a tedious habit ingrained since childhood, practically a duty for all the members of the royal family. It was written in merely as a matter of form; the most trivial and ordinary things were entered.” (Kerensky, The Crucifixion, p. 172.)
@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs Thank you for your answer. Pierre GILLIARD described Anna Vyroubova as a person with "a lack of intelligence and discernment". I think it is not selfish but healthy to avoid the company of stupid people. In this case it seems that "birds of a feather flock together". We saw the terrible consequences for them, for their children, and for all the people of the empire of Russia, of leaving their future in the hands of two simple minded.
@@GoldForAnna Anna Vyroubova also has the fame of being a lier, a simple woman without much intelligence. Facilitating the presence of Rasputin. Not a very good company in general. A fat woman living of the Imperial Family.
@@joseeduardotschen9186 " A fat woman living with the imperial family" What, I know a year later but for goodness sakes, what does being a fat woman have to go with anything pertaining it?
As far as I'm getting to know, Nicholas II was an unskilled ruler, a soft character dominated by his loving but unskilled wife, as well. I think he went through extremely agitated time, in which, in a way or another, the regime was over and it was nothing he could do anything against. He thought whether he abdicated, he and his family would be left alone. What a naive! It was a tragic end for a good man with a wonderful family. On the other hand for most of the Russians it was a long and painful path in their history.
Ana, you are (as many people, even nowadays, are) completely wrong about that. That is what bolsheviks were highly eager to do: depict His Majesty as a failure and loser, a highly incompetent yet snobbish ruler. Nothing of that was true. On the countrary, Nikolai II Alexandrovich was a brilliant politician and a perfect match to his predecessor, Alexander III Alexandrovich. Russia was developing at a breathtaking pace, economically, socially, politically and even demographically. This fact is easily proven by the archive matters (which are open for public now, thank God). But the old rumors spread by people that hated the Tzar still live.
Ana, maybe these two videos from our channel could give you a more complete portrait of who Tsar Nicholas II really was: 1) th-cam.com/video/LOsEwZAjOa8/w-d-xo.html 2) th-cam.com/video/_12439OLcGU/w-d-xo.html
Good compilation with some film footage I had not seen. This is a saintly view of him, however. A few of his flaws were: 1) extreme anti-Semitism, 2) fear of democracy, 3) fear of his own people's needs and power, 4) lack of plans for future modernisation, 5) lack of ability in crucial fields such as economics, comparative government, 6) lack of knowledge and disinterest in how his people were actually living and more. Nicholas was not prepared by his father to be emperor because his father died at 49; there was no time to educate Nicholas in how to rule. By today's standards his education was substandard -- no sciences, no higher mathematics; the history he was taught was mostly Russian military history. No world cultures studies, though he did a world tour as a very young man, including Japan where he was attacked by a crazed Japanese man wielding a sword. He needed much more education in economics, governmental systems, and modern problems such as universal education, creating a Parliamentary system and ceding most of his power to become more like the UK. He simply was not equipped and he clung to power by his fingernails. I often imagine questions I would have asked him if I had been able to sit next to him at dinner....why not institute universal education for all children, stop pogroms against Jews, help factories form unions so workers have a decent wage and rights, allow freedom of speech and the press and on and on. Instead he clung to his weaker and weaker power until he had none left and his country moved on without him in some very horrible ways. I do wish they had been allowed to leave the country but with the way Russia devolved into Civil War, there was no way the Romanovs would be allowed to live, much less survive as private citizens off in Crimea, for example.
@@heliotrope6217 Yes. His mistake was going to the front to lead the army, and this left Alix at home to run the government. Big mistake, because then any military defeat was laid at Nicholas' personal door. By that time there was so much corruption and the government in such disarray that her appointments, firings and appointing other people, left the government in a very vulnerable position. And Nicholas, seeing his loyal military at the front, simply couldn't fathom the depths of revolutionary feeling back in St. Petersburg. And she used her "illnesses", whether real or imagined, to bend Nicholas to her will as far as aid for Alexei went, and then soon, her wishes for governmental positions. She would admonish him to be stronger, to show more will, but on the other hand, she kept meddling in governmental matters, essentially going behind his back. She ruled their household but eventually co-ruled the nation too. I often wonder about her illnesses, it does sound as if she had sciatica but her heart problems could have been anxiety-related -- panic attacks, etc. Because when she found an outlet such as nursing during the war, she was as energetic and determined as the next person and it sounds as if her heart was OK then, while she was occupied with a cause more important than herself. But when she was isolated, when Alexei was ill, then her heart would pound and flutter. She really had so much "on her plate" but with some modern meds to help her anxiety she would have done much better.
Note that I said, "by today's standards". I read somewhere that someone -- I think a British royal personage -- DID ask him some of these questions when seated next to him at dinner, and he huffily remarked that they simply did not understand how Russia worked or how autocracy worked and that certain things just weren't possible for Russia to achieve because change came very slowly to Russia. Until it didn't anymore, and autocracy fell in the face of swiftly advancing revolution and the people demanding more and more. What gets me is that Lenin and the Bolsheviks sought revolution but once they were in control had NO idea what to do and how to create a nation out of this unwieldy, backward country made up of mostly illiterate people. They did not have the Russian peoples' interests at heart; they wanted worldwide revolution. Gorbachev was the only moderate exception.
The missing bodies were said to be of Grand Duchess Maria and Tsarevich Aleksei though it was believed to be Anastasia which isn’t true. The remains were that of Maria and the height of her was 5’7”, Anastasia was only 5’2”
You are a top Role model to me Nicholas the 2nd. I love you sooo much! May you Rest In Peace and have endless joy in heaven with our savior Jesus Christ!🙏🏻💛✝️☦️
I am just reading a very well written book The Romanovs by Sebag Montefiore. The last chapter concentrates on this great man. Admiration and respect...
Thanks, Eric, we try to post one video per week (for as long as we can)! Have you watched the one from last week? It's a beautiful Russian traditional song, more like an anthem now! The choir is amazing!
How could they fall victim he ask, by communist, socialist, that's the way they operate, they do not have the higher ground so they resort to despicable things
the family did not deserved it at all...i wished that they were able to escape to america or somewhere...its soo sad what happened to them is so painful, the betrayal, humiliation and how they were massacred anyway..whoever did that are monsters the family deserves justice
They had to kill the kids, if they didn't then those who were against the Bolsheviks would have used the children in attempts to overthrow the Bolsheviks. A princess would have made a great addition to the legitimacy of a counterrevolution. The children of a Royal Family are political figures automatically.
@@adolphCat not a single person in their best effort could use overthrown Tzar's family as a political power in Revolutionary Russia. Not even the "White Movement'. The cruelest murder was an act of hatred, nothing else. Please refer to bolsheviks' correspondence and documents on the matter.
@@Jagdflieger03 I doubt that all the Russian people supported the revolution. I am sure for many millions of Russians the Royal Family was understood to be the legitimate government. I am sure a member of the Royal Family could have served as a figurehead for a strong counter-revolutionary movement. A Monarch is not like a President, a Monarch is a Sacred Personage. The Royal Family is a Sacred Family. It is a lot easier to overthrow a Republic than it is to overthrow a Monarchy. A President is an equal to the people, thus when a President is overthrown he loses all legitimacy, and becomes a simple citizen. A Royal Family is an anointed Family and is established by God, to judge and protect and guide the people, and thus doesn't lose legitimacy immediately after being overthrown. To rebel against a Monarch is rebel against God, to rebel against a President is to rebel against an equal. Could the Communists ever been perceived as legitimate as long as the Royal Family lived?
You are absolutely correct when it comes to a civilized government. Which Bolsheviks were not. They were skilled, cruel and cunning terrorists and cared very little about legitimacy and stuff. They easily put to death numberless human beings just in favor of the ideology. You should also remember that most of noble families (not just the Romanovs) were decimated and sometimes completely eliminated. It was not a reasonable matter for them, it was just "class hatred". The consequences were catastrophic not just for the Imperial Russia but for Bolshevik regime as well.
@@adolphCat totally agree with you! They couldn’t leave loose ends. Sad but true. That’s why today there isn’t a real legitimate claimant to the Russian defunct throne
From the documentaries I have watched it seems like Nicholas II was a weak leader and for some reason unprepared. His wife while a good fit for him personally was not very good at her job as empress of Russia.
It seems as though he was trying to make changes creating the Duma & it was like the economy was started to really grow. Communism ruined that. It seemed it set them back economically like 100 years or something. I worked with a lady from Russia. She shared photographs with me that were taken in the 70's. The quality of the photos looked like photo's taken in the 30's or 40's. We had clear and colored photo's in the 70's.
He was an incompetent ruler,but he was also like a child who couldn't keep control of all these things,but stills,the communists shouldn't have murdered him.
Wow - There were a lot of dangerous people around Russia then: ghastly nihilistic assasins, psycho revolutionaries, heartless corrupt aristorats and hotheaded war-mongering generals. Everyone gives the Tsarina a hard time for being aloof and causing Nicholas to stay away from St Petersburg, but its hardly surpising given the level of danger there was. Nicholas probably should have imposed himself like his grandfather, but then again he just wasnt an imposing man. In the end he was just humble man who stayed loyal to Russia and abdicated to avoid further bloodshed. They were a very close family. Knowing Alexei was not likely to make it to adulthood, I heard that they considered changing the laws to make Olga a regent and next heir if Nicholas abdicated. Would the provisional government have accepted it? Probably not. But if they discussed this in 1917 I imagine that there was no way any one of them would be parted. They were so close.
Thank you so much for this hugely interesting upload. Your work and research on this and all your other Romanov documentaries are superb.
Your words are a wonderful spur for us to keep trying to meet your expectations from our humble work! Best wishes!
Robert Massie’s biographies of Nicholas and Alexandra , Catherine the Great and Peter the Great are major sources to understand the Romanov monarchy.
The savagery of the killings of the most moderate monarchy in Europe presaged our modern world.
Such a tragedy. I wish they could have just gotten away to safety and just lived quietly in the country somewhere.
That's exactly how things work on that level. But even so, the brutality and subhuman manner it was accomplished remains one of the cruelest acts ever.
I completely agree. I shall never believe his British cousin/king could not have found SOME way to rescue that dear family. I’ve read all the many excuses, but I wager if the task were given to the U.S. Seal Team 6, the job would have gotten done.
@Phil Ad I agree, Phil. As I wrote- I shall NEVER believe there wasn’t SOME way if the will was truly strong enough. 💝
@Phil Ad however, to our knowledge, never before in history were the children of a royal killed with him/her! Alexei was 14 years old, Anastasia 17, Maria 19, Tatiana 21, and Olga 22!
@Phil Ad this was a case of eliminating an entire family and in a most brutal way. Shot and bayonetted repeatedly in a hell of a mess due to the amateurish brutality of the murderers.
Hope more people could watch this video...Many, many historians lied about Nicholas II and there's another Nicholas than people doesn't know. You gave us a glimpse of him.
Konuyu tam olarak anlamış değilim ailede Nicholas ramolov benziyen bireyler var
May God give our Tsar and his family Eternal Glory in Heaven! Amen!
Amen!
AMEN!!! ☦️❤️☦️❤️☦️❤️☦️
Amen
Amen
Amen!
The entire family deserve an apology for their hideous ending. RIP to you all. Joanne ♥️💕❤😘
The Orthodox Church did that by canonizing them and honoring their memory together with all the Holy Martyrs!
@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs My apologys. Thanks for letting me know this information Has the govt done something similar❓🤔🌝
@@joannewinter7879 oh, it was not a correction! We just wanted you to know that the Orthodox Church has given them the honor they deserve! Best wishes! 🌷
@I Moha yes I was aware of this. Thank you enjoy your day.❤🙂
@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs Thank you. I really enjoy your channel. ♥️😘
I'm so glad we have moving pictures of the Romanovs. Much respect for all the videos you upload.
Thank you so much for your kind words and your interest in our project!
love respect for the Romanov OTMA and Alexei Forever they are with God and we are keeping them in our heart
NAOTMAA
@@bubblybubbles4023 yep !
@@Annasea666 poor girl you don't understand anything, they are dead because it happend many years ago as every one of us we are going To died the late as possible but They was killed and they didn't deserve it this and yes they are with God, if you don't belive it is not our problem.
Saint Nick was a man of future no one will compared with him in religious beliefs -when he was praying all icons were broken - in delicacy, beauty, kindness for army, he never insulted people and his wife,daughters were models in all ..have you seen all videos with them? A lot of people love them because they were saints
Not to mention that Alexandria didn't lavish her daughters with expensive gifts, jewels, and luxury in fact I remember reading that she made them do chores, make their own beds, and work for their money it really burns me when people believe all the crap that is told about Nicholas and the Romanovs, I try to tell them this book is truthful and all fact-based but they keep saying it's all bias and lies.
Being an icon with the Royal Family is the most expensive gift
Thank you so much for put this video. I love this royal family, and tell the story of Nicholas and his daughters. Olga, Tatiana, María, Anastasia and Alexei. I love them from the bottom of my heart. 😍😍🌺🌹❤️ Be they rest in peace. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Once upon a december 🌹bloody sunday. Blessed BE
Вечна му слава, хвала и љубав из Србије.
Grand duchess Maria was so beautiful inside and out , I hear......... so sad 😞
Louis Montbatten affectionately known as Dicky kept a photograph of Maria by his bedside until his assassination in 1979. He is said to have been in love with her and was deeply saddened by her murder
Compliments to your Voice Artist. This is an excellent narration. Wish others on TH-cam could be of this standard.
No one's questioning that Nicholas II was a loving father and devoted husband. But you can't deny that despite the best efforts of private tutors, he was of average intelligence at best. He knew he lacked the ability to rule a diverse and troubled empire, but he resisted delegating the tasks to more able men. The Dunning-Kruger effect kept him from realizing how truly out of his depth he was. Plus, his reformist grandfather's assassination left him firmly convinced that any attempt to reduce the Tsar's powers was folly. He only assented to the creation of the Duma after a relative told him bluntly that the revolution had already begun, and reform was a necessity.
Nicholas should have been a younger son, with no responsibilities of rule. Then he could have devoted himself to being the family man he always was at heart. Maybe then Russia would have transitioned painlessly to becoming a democracy, and he could have lived out his natural lifespan with his wife by his side.
I couldn’t have said it any better.
Dear Astrin, unfortunately this is exactly what more than a hundred years of Western history, due to many complicated factors, has lead people to believe. However, the truth is quite far from that. In our recently published book, we have presented the real dimensions of Tsar Nicholas' reign, based solely on Russian sources and archival documents, which have never been published in English before. The book, thus, puts to rest many of the negative myths, held for more than a century, and rehashed over and over again in the last 50 years by so many so-called Western experts, who have basically copied and pasted what they found in books written before them based on false and foul information, looking to fit (again) a complicated agenda.
We have published here a few videos as well, that give the truth through the proper perspective. For example, the British renowned Cambridge professor Dominic Lieven, in just a few minutes gives a unique summary of Tsar Nicholas' reign. Use this link to watch it, it's only approx. 5 minutes (link takes you straight to the point of reference): th-cam.com/video/Ai_NysgnT3I/w-d-xo.html
Additionally, you can read the following (excerpt from Sir Winston Churchill's, The World Crisis 1916-1918, Vol. 3, p. 224), which gives yet another objective evaluation of Tsar Nicholas' reign:
"... the brunt of supreme decisions centered upon him [Tsar Nicholas II]. At the summit where all problems are reduced to Yea or Nay, where events transcend the faculties of man and where all is inscrutable, he had to give the answers. His was the function of the compass needle. War or no war? Advance or retreat? Right or left? Democratise or hold firm? Quit or persevere? These were the battlefields of Nicholas II. Why should he reap no honor from them? The devoted onset of the Russian armies which saved Paris in 1914; the mastered agony of the munition-less retreat; the slowly regathered forces; the victories of Brusilov; the Russian entry upon the campaign of 1917, unconquered, stronger than ever; has he no share in these? In spite of errors vast and terrible, the regime he personified, over which he presided, to which his personal character gave the vital spark, had at this moment won the war for Russia.
“He is about to be struck down. A dark hand, gloved at first in folly, now intervenes. Exit Tsar. Deliver him and all he loved to wounds and death. Belittle his efforts, asperse his conduct, insult his memory; but pause then to tell us who else was found capable. Who or what could guide the Russian state? Men gifted and daring; men ambitious and fierce, spirits audacious and commanding-of these there were no lack. But none could answer the few plain questions on which the life and fame of Russia turned.”
Thank you for your comment here. We appreciate your interaction with our project. Best wishes!
Besides his change of bride that brought more drama and tragedy to the Romanovs
I've always had an interest in Russian history and even just the nation in and of itself, despite not being Russian personally. I'm an American. When I first heard of Nicholas II, I found his story really interesting. So naturally, I decided to see if there were any images/paintings done of him and was absolutely blown away when I saw them. I'm practically a spitting image of Nicholas II, which was really strange to me when I first saw him. After listen to this documentary, I'm even more blown away. I was born in 1994 (the year that they found the 9 skeletons that were believed to be the Romanov skeletons). A little less weird, but my older brother was born in 1991 which was the year the Soviet Union was dissolved. Couldn't help but have the hair of my neck stand on end after hearing all of that. Thank you for the video, it was really well put together. Now I want to learn even more about the Romanovs!
The peasants and working class had it better under the Czar than the Bolsheviks. My relatives can attest to that
It seems like it.
Prove it
@@smolderingjoe no need to prove it my family lived it
I'd love to know which system was worse. In my thinking there's nothing as bad as communist Russia. Czar system wasn't perfect but my God.
In a video the expert examinator of the bones of tsar Nicolas II told that from a laboratorial lamina with powder of tsar's bones a intense smell of roses was spread in the place using as laboratory. So it is a signal of God about Nicolas II.
No one alive today actually knew Nicholas 2nd personally, we all have our own ideals and perceptions of him. I have read quite a lot of literature in reference to him. He was a loving family man, but was seen as a weak leader. He made major errors, the war with Japan in 1904/05, leaving his wife and Rasputin in charge when he was away at the front in WW1, the debacle when he was his coronation. It is such a tragedy that the royal family were executed by the bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg in 1918. It's a sad fate that the British monarch King George offered the family refuge, but then unexpectedly withdrew the offer. It is said that Tsar Nicholas's last words when Yurovsky read out the family's death sentence was 'what, what'
The last tsesarevich Alexei and Maria are still awaiting burial over a century after their gruesome murders. DNA analysis (a sample of his DNA was given by Prince Philip) confirms the bones found in the forested area where in fact the Romanovs
The assassination of the Romanov family is one of the most deeply true sample of evil humanity
Badly he was surrounded by weak advisers. If he had sages around him, he could have started liberal reforms in Russia focused on domestic issues and neutrality or the exercise of balance of power between ambitious austria-hungary and german empires, and greedy British and french empires. He may be a royalty, but his family is a typical one with personal struggles like anyone in the world.
@@parkrein1237He had to give the throne to his brother Michael never transferred it to him, his brother was more competent for the job of being tsar.
again blaming the English king when the tsar was really to blame for not having a plan B in case things got ugly...he was a father, he should have insured his children first and sent them abroad at the first sign that the Things were getting ugly, it didn't matter if the children or the wife didn't want it, but the tsar didn't do it, he showed weakness again.
Everything I've read and seen makes me believe Emperor Nicholas was a kind, thoughtful and perhaps shy man that really tried his best. RIP ❤
Yes, and he married a shyer person.
I know someone whose great grandfather helped to protect the Tsar . We were just speaking of this .
I never thought Nicholas ll was bad . As an American I felt quite the opposite. It was heart breaking .
What did the great grandfather share? I’m very close to this subject and feel that this is the start to retell their story in the light of truth 🌟
@@ohio true. He made bad decisions because in the first place he is unlucky to be raised by parents and elders blinded by tyranny.
As an American you should treasure democracy. The Tsar failed to implement a constitunional democracy like in other countries in western Europe and for that reason Russia decended into chaos. Saldy Russia has never known democracy , even today in the XXI century.
Very un necessary MURDERS. IT was CRIMINAL.💜🌹❤🙏
What beautiful work! A true artist who loves and reveres his last Tsar, and faithfully maintains his memory. 💝💝💝
The greatest channel on youtube! I love every video you upload. Thank you for your incredible work!🙏👏🏻
Wow! Thank you so much for this compliment! It means the world to us! Best wishes to you!
Nicholas II did not even have to abdicate. He should have simply taken his family out of the country while he had the chance - perhaps during March to May, 1917. His problem was that he never saw this Communist murderous brutality coming. If only he could have foreseen the events
He was in house arrest at that time. It would have been very difficult to escape as they could have been recognized, the Empress and Tsarevich with delicate health. They didn’t see tragedy coming in this early phase.
Nicholas the second was a dictator. He did not need to give orders for shooting in Blood Sunday to be blamed for it. If he was against it he should condemned the shouters.
so was lenin and stalin
Truly tragic. The execution of Lenin’s brother by Nicholas marked the beginning of the end.
If I remember my history correctly, it was Alexander III who had Aleksandr Ulyanov executed. Nicholas was only a boy at the time.
Hmmm
But tzars are most favorites of all world like Alexander 1
Who defeated Napoleon
Beautiful story,thank you💓
You're very welcome!
Thank you for this. History can be fascinating, some times sad. It's a way to cross the barrier of time to get to know facets of those who have passed on, to see them as people, only human.
Thank you for watching, Brenda! Here's another video on our channel which you will surely find interesting: th-cam.com/video/NEHNpqydBbo/w-d-xo.html
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@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs Thank you!
Thank you for uploading this video. May the late Tsar and his entire family who were victims
of the Bolsheviks rest in peace. I salute the family members who are keeping their memory
of the Romanovs for posterity.
There are Romanov heirs...The official narrative is a lie.
Nicholas has a monument in Belgrade - Serbia. :)
Liked the video. Good portrayal of the Tsar, specially the ending description.
Ending was superb. Ran chills down my spine!
Very interesting! The colour photos are fantastic and bring the subjects to life again! As a history teacher, I always taught the goodness of the Tsar and the family as people and as victims of their circumstances. It was ironic that Nicholas II's death was a revenge by Lenin (Ulyanov) for his brother's death under Alexander III.
From what I have gathered, his policies were conservative like his grandfathers. Would be interesting to see what his fate would have been had be continued his fathers vision.
Kathy Cao: I believe you have it backwards. Alexander III (Nicholas II’s father) was far more conservative than Alexander II (his father and Nicholas II’s grandfather). When Alexander II died, a prototype for a constitution to share power, was taken from his desk and destroyed.
Nicholas also spoke Danish, thanks to his mother. I wonder why he never had it taught to his children? I know it wasn’t really a “major” European language compared to French and English, so if he ever did teach them any Danish it likely might have been informally, in private...
I doubt the children spoke or learned Danish, they spoke Russian and English though the Tsarevich according to some accounts didn’t master the English language due to his illness or refused to learn it. However unlike his sisters he was fluent in French thanks to his close bond with tutor Pierre Gilliard
I bought the book. It was great and the colorizations of the pictures also. Such a sad, sad thing.
We are very happy to hear that you liked the book! Thanks for sharing your positive feedback here with us! Best wishes!
Thank you for such an interesting documentary on Nicholas II. I have enjoyed all of the Romanov documentaries. May they rest in peace and in God's grace.
Love the Beautiful Art Work
2:11 These paintings are quite beautiful!
This is a good video very well resume their story. The Romanov's story
Thank you so much!
@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs your welcome.
How could such "bright", "pure" and "beautiful" people have fallen "victim"? Besides incompetence and mismanagement: their reluctance and unwillingness to change to new ways of living that had been sweeping Europe for decades. And for very good reasons.
Nicholas II was not a bad man but he was not a statesman, he was an autocratic monarch.
He loved his family and he loved Russia. However responsibility of the Russian people fell of his shoulders. His sin was that he was isolated from his people and he was inattentive to desperately needed social changes. Feeling these same changes, the German Empire instituted unemployment and old age pension systems to stem the rising threat. The murder of Nicholas and his family was a tragedy that became an event in history. The Romanov death's provided for a revolution and another autocratic regime. Romantic nostalgia is a longing for a past that is no longer here..
All of them were isolated. If they had been more in touch, maybe they would have seen the danger of the turmoil and leave St. Petersburg before it was too late.
May the royal family protect us always 🙏
Amen!
Amen
What a touching comment, yes from the heaven🙏 Amine
i adore tsar nicholas! 🙏🏻❤️
Hi, Rory! If you are really interested in the truth about the life and death of the last Romanov family, as well as to what really took place in Russian during that turbulent era, then we highly recommend our book, which offers previously unpublished materials strictly from primary and archival sources. Our book brings to light a multitude of unknown and unrevealed facts, which evince that many truths remain silenced or distorted to this day. If you like to learn more, you can visit our official website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book
In the pages of the book, the eye of the reader’s mind will be apprised of the portraits of the Romanov family's psyche, depicted with the colors of their very own words from the personal writings of the family and of those who lived very close to them.
Very best wishes for a wonderful Christmas! 🎁🎄
@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs thank you very much! i’ll definitely check it out!
have a safe & blessed christmas x
Please, please keep doing your amazing work. You do not know how much your work has helped me learn more. God bless you and God bless the Holy Royal Martyrs and may they watch over us always as loved Saints of God ☦️❤️
The book is a treasure! KR from NJ thanks you!
Nicholas the II definitely does get a bad rap throughout history because of the collapse of the country and of Soviet union rule. But the fact of the matter is there was just so many mess ups that Nicholas did that ruined his rule.
If anyone should ever be cloned, it should be this family, as they were completely robbed of living out their natural lifespans. I still can't believe Russians killed them.
they were not russians.
One of the tragedies of Nicholas II's reign is that he had a great minister, Pyotr Stolypin, who sternly repressed revolutionary terrorists yet in his economic reforms wanted to modernise the Russian economy and transform backward peasant agriculture. However the political establishment constantly undermined Stolypin, who also managed to alienate the Empress, he lost Nicholas' confidence and he would probably have been dismissed if he had not been assassinated by a double agent. If Stolypin had been given ten years to implement his reforms and WWl had been avoided it's possible that Russia could have evolved into a modern constitutional monarchy.
Nice guy finished last... RIP
Rest in Peace you all beautiful souls. Eternal Happiness with your beloved wife and beautiful children. Love and Marriage with beautiful perfect children made in Heaven.
Hello there, Kei! If you are interested in the truth about the life and death of the last Romanov family, as well as to what really took place in Russia during that turbulent era, then we highly recommend our book, which offers previously unpublished materials strictly from primary and archival sources. Our book brings to light a multitude of unknown and unrevealed facts, which evince that many truths remain silenced or distorted to this day. If you like to learn more, you can visit our official website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book
In the pages of the book, the eye of the reader’s mind will be apprised of the portraits of the Romanov family's psyche, depicted with the colors of their very own words from the personal writings of the family and of those who lived very close to them.
Nicholas II became a tsar too early and he himself said that he was not interested in that crown at all. But I think that more powerful man couldn´t have said no to the revolution. Russia was those very old- fashioned country in the view of the other countries. But I really admire that he was a very different man in his family and he loved his family. The mystery was that, when the revolution began, his cousin George V was not interested to save their family. It was too late, when the family was moved to that Ipatjev house. There are in my opinion very few fotographs of the those days. And the massacre in the July 1918 has no real photos or something.
His family had been targeted for some time coz exploiters had their eyes set on Russia. He was too honest, too integrated, too refined to deal with such miscreants. Standing in his shoes, anyone in his place would have compromised with the exploiters EXCEPT EMPEROR NICHOLAS II and his truly noble family. That makes the family unique and celestial.
We'll always miss the family, but Russians will prevail thanks to his finesse and divine tolerance.
That is truly a wonderful comment, Roshin, thanks for sharing with us! You are blessed with clear understanding of a very distorted chapter in history! Best wishes!
@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs been reading some shocking stories about the background reasons that lead to his assassination and the traumas brought upon his family. Rasputin was deliberately planted to carry out the mission of demoralizing and defaming the chaste family. Nicholas II is one of the rare monarchs who chose death instead of compromise. To him, his people meant everything.
People lived in poverty and the church held back development. Nicolas wouldn’t give any power even to the Duma. He brought the revenge on himself. I don’t wish ill of anyone but who morns the sons of the Russian mothers killed at the front due to the negligence of Nicolas.
What you say has great value. Indeed every story has two sides. The loss of so many Russian soldiers and poor souls is a tragedy. So is the slaughter of Nicholas and his children and servants. It's no use to try and compare these losses and tragedies. We simply owe it to ourselves and future generations to remember both sides of history.
Dear Patrick, I am sorry to say, but historically you are absolutely inaccurate. The Tzar's leadership of the Army would have led to fall of Germany in late 1917-beginning of 1918 and Russia would have become one of the victors (alongside with its allies of course). Then there would not be any revolution of any kind, nor the ill Versailles Treaty that brought Nazis to life, and so on. The treachery of Russian generals who overthrown the Tzar in February 1917 is the cruellest treachery in whole Russian history.
Dumas (all of them) were absolutely impotent in political and economical matters. It was absolutely clear even at those days, not saying about present archive documents. Please also refer to the results of Provisional Government rule and see what this "Duma Power" could give the nation.
@@Jagdflieger03 shortages of rifles ammo food. Poor leadership. The revolution didn’t happen in a vacuum. The Czar was incompetent and dropped the ball. That’s based on empirical evidence not visceral feelings.
@@Jagdflieger03 lol your evidence is lacking and visceral. The body of evidence is the opposite of what you have stated.
I am reading "The private diary of Nicolas II" from dec. 1916 to July 1918, translated in French (my mother-tongue).
I CAN'T understand:
How The Tsar could spend so much time with Anna VYROUBOVA, who even Pierre GILLIARD wrote was a simple minded?
How the Tsar could have write every day in his diary "I slept well. Today it's -12°C outside, I had a walk" and absolutly boring things?
He also wrote he met "Benkendorf, Dolgoroukov, Williams, Janin, Ryckel, Coanda, Romei, Marcengo, Lontkevich", without writing what they talked about, what he thought about their talks, like a 15 years old?
And why these Officers, Lieutenant Generals, and powerful people he met, didn't anything to replace a man unable to rule the country, and avoid being tortured, shot, or being taxi drivers in PARIS?
Millions of innocent people suffered and died because of Nicolas II who let the evils take the power.
First for Anna Vyrubova. I think it is very selfish to say that a person should not keep company to another person because he/she is simple-minded! Are we supposed to have only clever people as friends? Yes, Gilliard said that Anna was naïve. But he never said that she was a bad or evil person. If she had a kind heart, as we know she did, then that is enough for a person to be qualified as a good friend.
The habit of keeping a diary for Nicholas, as well as all the other members of his family, did not have as its purpose the preservation of memories. He wrote in his diary very perfunctorily, mentioning events in a telegraphic manner with nearly no personal content. Nicholas’ main purpose in the systematic keeping of his diary was to train himself to maintain absolute self-discipline. Even Kerensky realized that, to a certain degree, and he wrote: “It is usual to picture the murdered Czar as a man of very limited capacity and intellectual development, the favorite reference in this connection being his peculiarly shallow diary, which has now been published. Particularly famous is the entry made on some very important historical day: ‘Had a walk in the park, shot two crows.’ But the diary was a tedious habit ingrained since childhood, practically a duty for all the members of the royal family. It was written in merely as a matter of form; the most trivial and ordinary things were entered.” (Kerensky, The Crucifixion, p. 172.)
@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs Thank you for your answer. Pierre GILLIARD described Anna Vyroubova as a person with "a lack of intelligence and discernment". I think it is not selfish but healthy to avoid the company of stupid people. In this case it seems that "birds of a feather flock together". We saw the terrible consequences for them, for their children, and for all the people of the empire of Russia, of leaving their future in the hands of two simple minded.
@@GoldForAnna maybe Cambridge Professor Dr. Dominic Lieven can help a bit on this: th-cam.com/video/Ai_NysgnT3I/w-d-xo.html
@@GoldForAnna Anna Vyroubova also has the fame of being a lier, a simple woman without much intelligence. Facilitating the presence of Rasputin. Not a very good company in general. A fat woman living of the Imperial Family.
@@joseeduardotschen9186 " A fat woman living with the imperial family"
What, I know a year later but for goodness sakes, what does being a fat woman have to go with anything pertaining it?
As far as I'm getting to know, Nicholas II was an unskilled ruler, a soft character dominated by his loving but unskilled wife, as well. I think he went through extremely agitated time, in which, in a way or another, the regime was over and it was nothing he could do anything against. He thought whether he abdicated, he and his family would be left alone. What a naive!
It was a tragic end for a good man with a wonderful family. On the other hand for most of the Russians it was a long and painful path in their history.
Ana, you are (as many people, even nowadays, are) completely wrong about that. That is what bolsheviks were highly eager to do: depict His Majesty as a failure and loser, a highly incompetent yet snobbish ruler. Nothing of that was true. On the countrary, Nikolai II Alexandrovich was a brilliant politician and a perfect match to his predecessor, Alexander III Alexandrovich. Russia was developing at a breathtaking pace, economically, socially, politically and even demographically. This fact is easily proven by the archive matters (which are open for public now, thank God). But the old rumors spread by people that hated the Tzar still live.
Ana, maybe these two videos from our channel could give you a more complete portrait of who Tsar Nicholas II really was:
1) th-cam.com/video/LOsEwZAjOa8/w-d-xo.html
2) th-cam.com/video/_12439OLcGU/w-d-xo.html
What a good summary!
Nicholas spoke Russian, English, French, Danish and German
I'm not born in Russia, but I still love the royal family of Russia even the last romanov family of Russia.
This is the superb history story you ever told may their spirit rest in peace
I bought this book last week, it is just beautiful. If you are interested in this family, you need this book
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Good compilation with some film footage I had not seen. This is a saintly view of him, however. A few of his flaws were: 1) extreme anti-Semitism, 2) fear of democracy, 3) fear of his own people's needs and power, 4) lack of plans for future modernisation, 5) lack of ability in crucial fields such as economics, comparative government, 6) lack of knowledge and disinterest in how his people were actually living and more. Nicholas was not prepared by his father to be emperor because his father died at 49; there was no time to educate Nicholas in how to rule. By today's standards his education was substandard -- no sciences, no higher mathematics; the history he was taught was mostly Russian military history. No world cultures studies, though he did a world tour as a very young man, including Japan where he was attacked by a crazed Japanese man wielding a sword. He needed much more education in economics, governmental systems, and modern problems such as universal education, creating a Parliamentary system and ceding most of his power to become more like the UK. He simply was not equipped and he clung to power by his fingernails. I often imagine questions I would have asked him if I had been able to sit next to him at dinner....why not institute universal education for all children, stop pogroms against Jews, help factories form unions so workers have a decent wage and rights, allow freedom of speech and the press and on and on. Instead he clung to his weaker and weaker power until he had none left and his country moved on without him in some very horrible ways. I do wish they had been allowed to leave the country but with the way Russia devolved into Civil War, there was no way the Romanovs would be allowed to live, much less survive as private citizens off in Crimea, for example.
Unfortunately he allowed Alix to interfere far too much, which was not good for Russia.
@@heliotrope6217 Yes. His mistake was going to the front to lead the army, and this left Alix at home to run the government. Big mistake, because then any military defeat was laid at Nicholas' personal door. By that time there was so much corruption and the government in such disarray that her appointments, firings and appointing other people, left the government in a very vulnerable position. And Nicholas, seeing his loyal military at the front, simply couldn't fathom the depths of revolutionary feeling back in St. Petersburg. And she used her "illnesses", whether real or imagined, to bend Nicholas to her will as far as aid for Alexei went, and then soon, her wishes for governmental positions. She would admonish him to be stronger, to show more will, but on the other hand, she kept meddling in governmental matters, essentially going behind his back. She ruled their household but eventually co-ruled the nation too. I often wonder about her illnesses, it does sound as if she had sciatica but her heart problems could have been anxiety-related -- panic attacks, etc. Because when she found an outlet such as nursing during the war, she was as energetic and determined as the next person and it sounds as if her heart was OK then, while she was occupied with a cause more important than herself. But when she was isolated, when Alexei was ill, then her heart would pound and flutter. She really had so much "on her plate" but with some modern meds to help her anxiety she would have done much better.
@@virginiasoskin9082 excellent analysis and knowledge on the topic!!
You're trying to apply today's world to yesterday's world, it doesn't work that way.🙂
Note that I said, "by today's standards". I read somewhere that someone -- I think a British royal personage -- DID ask him some of these questions when seated next to him at dinner, and he huffily remarked that they simply did not understand how Russia worked or how autocracy worked and that certain things just weren't possible for Russia to achieve because change came very slowly to Russia. Until it didn't anymore, and autocracy fell in the face of swiftly advancing revolution and the people demanding more and more. What gets me is that Lenin and the Bolsheviks sought revolution but once they were in control had NO idea what to do and how to create a nation out of this unwieldy, backward country made up of mostly illiterate people. They did not have the Russian peoples' interests at heart; they wanted worldwide revolution. Gorbachev was the only moderate exception.
Thank you for your work.
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The missing bodies were said to be of Grand Duchess Maria and Tsarevich Aleksei though it was believed to be Anastasia which isn’t true. The remains were that of Maria and the height of her was 5’7”, Anastasia was only 5’2”
You are a top Role model to me Nicholas the 2nd. I love you sooo much! May you Rest In Peace and have endless joy in heaven with our savior Jesus Christ!🙏🏻💛✝️☦️
God bless you! A very good example about what a beautiful family means. Cheers from Spain the Romanov Forever
I am just reading a very well written book The Romanovs by Sebag Montefiore. The last chapter concentrates on this great man. Admiration and respect...
God Save the Tsar and Bless the Royal Romanov Martyrs! 🙏
Her name was not Alyssa, she was christined Alexandria and known as Alix of Hesse.
Nice new video! I've missed you guys
Thanks, Eric, we try to post one video per week (for as long as we can)! Have you watched the one from last week? It's a beautiful Russian traditional song, more like an anthem now! The choir is amazing!
@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs I checked it out just now. Glad you posted the 'mini-history' at the end.
@@ET_Bermuda so happy you're enjoying our work! We hope to keep you on board for a long time! Best!
So tragic what happened to this family..
How could they fall victim he ask, by communist, socialist, that's the way they operate, they do not have the higher ground so they resort to despicable things
the family did not deserved it at all...i wished that they were able to escape to america or somewhere...its soo sad what happened to them is so painful, the betrayal, humiliation and how they were massacred anyway..whoever did that are monsters the family deserves justice
Ask how thousands died while he and his family ate? Where was George?
George was in England
Can't believe they shot the kids too.
They had to kill the kids, if they didn't then those who were against the Bolsheviks would have used the children in attempts to overthrow the Bolsheviks. A princess would have made a great addition to the legitimacy of a counterrevolution. The children of a Royal Family are political figures automatically.
@@adolphCat not a single person in their best effort could use overthrown Tzar's family as a political power in Revolutionary Russia. Not even the "White Movement'. The cruelest murder was an act of hatred, nothing else. Please refer to bolsheviks' correspondence and documents on the matter.
@@Jagdflieger03 I doubt that all the Russian people supported the revolution. I am sure for many millions of Russians the Royal Family was understood to be the legitimate government. I am sure a member of the Royal Family could have served as a figurehead for a strong counter-revolutionary movement. A Monarch is not like a President, a Monarch is a Sacred Personage. The Royal Family is a Sacred Family. It is a lot easier to overthrow a Republic than it is to overthrow a Monarchy. A President is an equal to the people, thus when a President is overthrown he loses all legitimacy, and becomes a simple citizen. A Royal Family is an anointed Family and is established by God, to judge and protect and guide the people, and thus doesn't lose legitimacy immediately after being overthrown. To rebel against a Monarch is rebel against God, to rebel against a President is to rebel against an equal. Could the Communists ever been perceived as legitimate as long as the Royal Family lived?
You are absolutely correct when it comes to a civilized government. Which Bolsheviks were not. They were skilled, cruel and cunning terrorists and cared very little about legitimacy and stuff. They easily put to death numberless human beings just in favor of the ideology. You should also remember that most of noble families (not just the Romanovs) were decimated and sometimes completely eliminated. It was not a reasonable matter for them, it was just "class hatred". The consequences were catastrophic not just for the Imperial Russia but for Bolshevik regime as well.
@@adolphCat totally agree with you! They couldn’t leave loose ends. Sad but true. That’s why today there isn’t a real legitimate claimant to the Russian defunct throne
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God bless the last Tzar Nicholas II of Russia and his beautiful family, today they reign in heaven with our Lord!
They truly do!
It seems as if Uncle Sergei did more harm than good for the Czar.
May they walk with the angels and may God bring them back to fight for Christ in the second coming
Sad that not even the children were saved...innocent victims...
May they Rest in Peace ☹
From the documentaries I have watched it seems like Nicholas II was a weak leader and for some reason unprepared. His wife while a good fit for him personally was not very good at her job as empress of Russia.
You got it right!
It seems as though he was trying to make changes creating the Duma & it was like the economy was started to really grow. Communism ruined that. It seemed it set them back economically like 100 years or something. I worked with a lady from Russia. She shared photographs with me that were taken in the 70's. The quality of the photos looked like photo's taken in the 30's or 40's. We had clear and colored photo's in the 70's.
He had to make the duma because of the 1905 Revolution. It was not created by his initiative because he sweared to autocracy in his coronation.
But he refused to give any real power and he also limited suffrage
Filmed in 1896- amazing technology for the times!
Nicholas II put his family before his country thereby destroying both.
Love this book ,brilliant !
Thank you so much for your kind words, Heather! We are very happy that you liked the book! Best wishes!
A tragedy of epic proportion! If I get to visit Russia, I will also check on Lenin and Felix -- just to see how the face evil looks like.
Erratum: 'face of evil'
, not face evil.
sorry i was wrong in 1894 his father died he was crowned in 1896 my bad
He might have forgotten, hat the Zar's mother was a danish princess
The British Royal Family should have given them sanctuary. They will always live with that disgrace. Love from Australia 🇦🇺
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Hello, I was wondering wether you could give me the name of the realist painter that is being introduced in the video.
Thank you in advance:))
Thank you very much.
You are welcome!
Definitely buying the book!
Just think, if he had stayed out of WWI, he probably would have survived.
Reminds you of a certain jackal in Moscow today making the same mistake...
Such a beautiful family and such a tragic end!
the Romanov royal crime family inflicted huge pain on millions. Now they are saints? What does that say about so called saints?
He was an incompetent ruler,but he was also like a child who couldn't keep control of all these things,but stills,the communists shouldn't have murdered him.
There kids had nothing to do with the dads crimes 😭😭😭
Right-believing Saint Nicholas, pray for us.
A lot of treachery in the cruel days of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Peace sorely needed today as well.
I don't think that Nicholas II was a bad person. I think his heart was in the right place, but monarchies seldom fall when the monarch rules well...
I think the country is way too large for anyone to be able to cover everyone's vast needs.
My double cousin Caesar Nick II via paper trail. Links to the Knights of Templar and desposyni.
Wow - There were a lot of dangerous people around Russia then: ghastly nihilistic assasins, psycho revolutionaries, heartless corrupt aristorats and hotheaded war-mongering generals.
Everyone gives the Tsarina a hard time for being aloof and causing Nicholas to stay away from St Petersburg, but its hardly surpising given the level of danger there was.
Nicholas probably should have imposed himself like his grandfather, but then again he just wasnt an imposing man. In the end he was just humble man who stayed loyal to Russia and abdicated to avoid further bloodshed. They were a very close family.
Knowing Alexei was not likely to make it to adulthood, I heard that they considered changing the laws to make Olga a regent and next heir if Nicholas abdicated. Would the provisional government have accepted it? Probably not. But if they discussed this in 1917 I imagine that there was no way any one of them would be parted. They were so close.