1. Nicholas II character Flashcards
Who tutored Nicholas?
Pobedonstev
What was the impact of Pobedonstev on Nicholas childhood?
He was Nicholas’ tutor
What was the soviet view of Nicholas?
Cruel
What was the nickname given to Nicholas in the soviet view
Bloody Nicholas
Who gave Nicholas the name bloody Nicholas?
Soviets
What did Nicholas not have in the administration process?
Private secretary
What did Nicholas insist on doing?
Dealing with trivial matters
Filing or putting royal seal in envelopes
What was last on the Tsars mind?
Discussions with ministers over state affairs
At what point when the country needed him did the Tsar consider trivial matters?
Russia’s involvement in war
How did the Tsar portray a sense of duty?
Took command of Russian military in the First World War
When did Nicholas take command of the Russian Military?
During the First World War
What did entering the war cause?
Patriotism within the educated classes
What was Nicholas attitude towards governing?
Based of faith in god
Sense of duty
Rigid belief in autocracy
What did the Tsar believed were linked
Religion and Tsari
When was Nicholas dependence on God shown?
Fundamental laws stated that the Russian Emperor possessed supreme autocratic powers and God commands obedience to his authority
When did Nicholas say Russian Emperor possessed supreme autocratic powers and God commands obedience to his authority
1906 fundamental law
What right did Nicholas believe in?
Divine right
When was Nicholas coronation?
May 1896
What happened in May 1896?
Nicholas Coronation
1,400 people killed and 600 injured in Khodynka field
When were 1,400 people killed and 600 injured in Khodynka field
May 1896
Where were 1,400 people killed and 600 injured in May 1896
in Khodynka field
What did Nicholas do after 1,400 killed and 600 injured in Khodynka field on May 1896?
Went to a party
What did article 31 say?
Emperor is autocratic and unlimited monarch
What dynasty was Nicholas II a part of?
Romanov
Who did Nicholas believe have him the right to be Tsar?
God (Orthodox Church)
What reforms did Alexander II introduce?
Emancipation of serfs in 1861
Zemstvas (local council)
More universities and schools
Refined the army and supplied them more effectively
What Tsar introduced the Emancipation of serfs in 1861 Zemstvas (local council) More universities and schools Refined the army and supplied them more effectively
Alexander II
When did Alexander II emancipate the serfs
1861
What did Alexander II do in 1861
Emancipate the serfs
What did Nicholas do after the Klodynka fields?
Attended a French ball
Why was the choice of Nicholas wife problematic
Dominated Nicholas’ decision and pushed for him to be more conservative
At what age did Nicholas come to the throne in 1894?
26
What did Nicholas say when his father died?
He wept and said ‘I am not prepared to be a Tsar. I never wanted to become one’
When had Nicholas wept and said ‘I am not prepared to be a Tsar. I never wanted to become one’?
When he was informed of his fathers death
What did Nicholas believe caused revolutionary ideas?
Product of ‘dark forces’ and attributed them to the Jewish minority plotters and university student
What did Nicholas believe was the product of ‘dark forces’ and attributed them to the Jewish minority plotters and university student?
Revolutionary ideas
What did Nicholas do in 1890?
Went on a world tour where he was able to visit Egypt, India, Singapore and Japan. In each area, he was honoured as a distinguished guest
When had Nicholas went on a world tour where he was able to visit Egypt, India, Singapore and Japan?
1890
How was Nicholas treated in his 1890 world tour?
In each area, he was honoured as a distinguished guest
What happened to Nicholas in his 1890 world tour when he went to Japan?
Attacked by one of his excoriating policemen, leaving them with a 9cm scar
How did Witte describe Nicholas?
More intelligent than his father
