Tsar Nicholas II - a photographic album

Tsar Nicholas II was the last Autocrat & Emperor of all the Russias. Born on the 18 May 1868 he came to the throne on 1 November 1894 following the untimely death of his father Tsar Alexander III. He ruled the vast empire of Russia until his abdication on 15 March 1917. Together with his family, he spent the next year in captivity. During the night of the 16/17 July 1918 he was murdered with his wife, his son, his four daughters, the family doctor, his valet, the lady-waiting to the Empress and the family cook.

Here I present photographs of the Tsar from infant to final days of confinement and ultimate death.

Music: Prelude to Act 1 "Tristan & Isolde" by Richard Wagner.

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