Nicholas II of Russia in Nagasaki 1891 |
Nicolas II is the last emperor of the Russian Empire and the last member of the Romanov dynasty.
He is in Nagasaki journey in 1891 before his Tsar.
After the February Revolution of 1917, he was dethorned. He and his family were first held in Kharskoye Selo, then in Tobolsk, and lastly in Yekaterinburg. After the October Revolution, the night of 16/17 July 1918 was killed in the basement of the house where the Bolsheviks, along with his wife, children, family physicians, butlers and cooks, were kept. In 2000 the Russian Orthodox Church was declared saint. -