Nicholas’s character was his fate, argues Hasegawa, and it was the fundamental absence of a higher purpose at its heart, ...

Tsar Nicholas II and his family, who were executed in ... she looked to him as the only hope of saving little Alexei’s life. Even mad monks are occasionally right. It was Rasputin who warned ...

Alexei suffered from haemophilia ... Persuasive civil servants could easily influence Tsar Nicholas II, who was unsure of himself and indecisive. Promotion relied more on years of service rather ...

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively ... In April 1907, Alexandra called on him to heal her only son, the Tsarevich Alexei. He was suffering from painful bleeding as a result of ...