Nicholas II
Gérard de Bourgogne, died 1061, pope 1058–61.
1868–1918, czar of Russia 1894–1917: executed 1918.
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How to use Nicholas II in a sentence
Nicholas II, the last Romanov, built the graceful Livadia Palace on top of a hill there.
He hosted him in the one-time office of Tsar Nicholas II that overlooks a tropical garden and the Black Sea.
The relatives included Tsar Nicholas II, King George V, and Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Before the Fall: What Did the World Look Like in 1913? | Jacob Heilbrunn | June 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNicholas II, amid all his perplexities, was made glad by the birth of a son and heir, who received the name of Alexis.
The Story of Russia | R. Van Bergen, M.A.In 1059 the new system of papal election introduced by Nicholas II.
The government of Nicholas II was quite as helpless as it was tyrannical, corrupt, and inefficient.
Bolshevism | John SpargoNever before since his accession to the throne had Nicholas II had the support of the nation to anything like the same extent.
Bolshevism | John SpargoAnother committee was sent to inform Nicholas II that he was deposed.
A School History of the Great War | Albert E. McKinley, Charles A. Coulomb, and Armand J. Gerson
British Dictionary definitions for Nicholas II
1868–1918, tsar of Russia (1894–1917). After the disastrous Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), he was forced to summon a representative assembly, but his continued autocracy and incompetence precipitated the Russian Revolution (1917): he abdicated and was shot
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