Tzar Nicholas II

 

Tzar Nicholas II (1894 –1917)

When Tsar Nicholas was a young child, he saw his grandfather get assassinated. After that, he had a relatively simple childhood until he was sent to travel the world by his father. He had no interest in becoming tsar and was fearful of the job after seeing his grandfather get blown up. After becoming tsar and marrying Alexandra, they started a family. They had 4 girls, but the couple was not able to have a boy to become the throne after Nicholas. This hurt Alexandra’s mental health and put a lot of stress on the family. They were finally able to have one son, Alexis, who unfortunately had hemophilia.

From our research, we inferred that Nicholas’s lack of interest in becoming the tsar and political inexperience was displayed when Russia left the war. He didn’t know how to handle the war or his growing lack of acceptance by his people. He son’s hemophilia, caused Nicholas and Alexandra to get extra help from Rasputin, who ended up giving political advice to an already suffered monarchy. The stress of producing a son, and his son’s illness compromised Nicholas’s and Alexandra’s mental health.