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Nicholas II of Russia

1868 - 1918

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Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. He married Alix of Hesse (later Alexandra Feodorovna) and had five children: the OTMA sisters – Olga, born in 1895, Tatiana, born in 1897, Maria, born in 1899, and Anastasia, born in 1901 — and the tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, who was born in 1904, three years after the birth of their last daughter, Anastasia. During his reign, Nicholas gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted by his prime ministers, Sergei Witte and Pyotr Stolypin. He advocated modernisation based on foreign loans and had close ties with France, but resisted giving the new parliament (the Duma) major roles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas II of Russia is the 75th most popular politician, the 13th most popular biography from Russia and the 6th most popular Russian Politician.

Nicholas II of Russia is most famous for being the last tsar of Russia, and for being overthrown in the Russian Revolution.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicholas II of Russia ranks 75 out of 19,576Before him are Fidel Castro, Nikita Khrushchev, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Benjamin Franklin, Narendra Modi, and Nicolae Ceaușescu. After him are Mehmed the Conqueror, Napoleon II, Ahmed I, Francisco Franco, Caligula, and Uthman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Nicholas II of Russia ranks 1After him are Maxim Gorky, Fritz Haber, Miklós Horthy, Abdulmejid II, Karl Landsteiner, Constantine I of Greece, Robert Andrews Millikan, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Emanuel Lasker, and Gichin Funakoshi. Among people deceased in 1918, Nicholas II of Russia ranks 1After him are Gustav Klimt, Abdul Hamid II, Gavrilo Princip, Claude Debussy, Manfred von Richthofen, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Mehmed V, Guillaume Apollinaire, Egon Schiele, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, and Georg Cantor.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nicholas II of Russia ranks 13 out of 3,761Before him are Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), Dmitri Mendeleev (1834), Anton Chekhov (1860), Peter the Great (1672), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840). After him are Grigori Rasputin (1869), Alexander Pushkin (1799), Ivan the Terrible (1530), Boris Yeltsin (1931), Kim Jong-il (1941), and Wassily Kandinsky (1866).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Nicholas II of Russia ranks 6Before him are Vladimir Lenin (1870), Vladimir Putin (1952), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), Peter the Great (1672), and Nikita Khrushchev (1894). After him are Ivan the Terrible (1530), Boris Yeltsin (1931), Kim Jong-il (1941), Alexander I of Russia (1777), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), and Yuri Andropov (1914).