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unusual facts about Nicholas II


Nicholas II, Duke of Opava

He was a supporter of King John of Luxembourg of Bohemia, who gave him Opava as a fief in 1318 and at the same time raised it to an independent duchy.


Alexander Krivoshein

He was one of several ministers to be dismissed for opposing Nicholas II's decision to take command of the Russian Army.

Cantacuzino family

Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène, Count Spiransky: Russian Representative to the U.S. 1892-1895; Russian representative to Rome 1895-1899; aide-de-camp to Nicholas II, last Tsar of Russia 1900-1917

Church of the Savior on Blood

It should not to be confused with the Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land, located in the city of Yekaterinburg where the former Emperor Nicholas II (1868–1918) and several members of his family and household were executed following the Bolshevik Revolution.

Edvard Radzinsky

The books translated to English include his biographies of Tsars Nicholas II and Alexander II, Rasputin, and Joseph Stalin.

Ethnic communities in Kolkata

The most famous Greek to hail from Kolkata possibly was the gifted violinist Marie Nicachi who embarked on a European tour in 1910 and played at the courts of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

Giorgi Mazniashvili

Wounded in the Russo-Japanese war (1904–1905), he was visited at a hospital by the Tsar Nicholas II, who awarded him St George’s Cross and invited the general to the palace.

Helsinki Senate Square

During the Russification of Finland from 1899 onwards, the statue became a symbol of quiet resistance, with people of Helsinki protesting to the decrees of Nicholas II leaving flowers at the foot of the statue of his grandfather, then known in Finland as "the good czar".

Jan Rządkowski

Rządkowski was a skilled commander, but also had to become a politician in order to convince Nicholas II to extend the Polish formations fighting alongside the Russian Army.

Joseph A. Conry

Conry was decorated by Czar Nicholas II, and was made a member of the Knights of St. Anne.

Konrad I of Oleśnica

# Hedwig (b. ca. 25 March 1338 – d. ca. 1351), married by 11 August 1345 to Duke Nikolaus II of Opawa (Troppau).

November 1916

The novel picks up on the brink of the Russian Revolution, depicting characters from all walks of life — from soldiers and peasants to Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and Lenin.

Pyotr Vannovskiy

He served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878; held commands of a St. Petersburg Cadet Corps and an Army Corps based in Kiev; served as Minster of War from 1882 until 1898 under the Tsars Alexander III (1881–1894) and Nicholas II (1894–1917) respectively.

Raymonde de Laroche

During the show in St. Petersburg, she was personally congratulated by Tsar Nicholas II.

Saint Petersburg Mosque

The permission to purchase the site was given by Emperor Nicholas II in Peterhof on 3 July 1907.

St George's Hall and Apollo Room of the Winter Palace

Most historically, it was the setting of the opening of the First State Duma by Nicholas II, in 1906.

Tazza

It was presented by Czar Nicholas II to August Heckscher in 1910 and given to the Linda Hall Library in 1972 by Mrs. Helen Spencer.

Vladimir Winkler

In 1928, he left the Soviet Russia and went to Harbin, China, where many White Russians lived at that time, and again lived through wars and different political regimes, first creating works dedicated to Nicholas II, then to Stalin and Mao Zedong.


see also

Aleksei Volkov

Aleksei Andreyevich Volkov (1859–1929), valet at the court of the Russian czar Nicholas II

Alexei Romanov

Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, heir to the throne of Russia, son of Tsar Nicholas II

Charles I, Count of Hohenzollern

He had held the family possessions in a single hand since the Counts of Haigerloch had died out with the death of his cousin Jobst Nicholas II in 1558.

Coronation of the Russian monarch

The celebration at Nicholas II's coronation in 1896 was marred by the Khodynka Tragedy, when 1,389 persons were trampled to death during a stampede prompted by rumors that there were not enough mementos to go around.

Gilliard

Pierre Gilliard (1879-1962), Swiss citizen and French tutor for the five children of Tsar Nicholas II from 1905 to 1918

Ipatiev

Ipatiev House, a house in Yekaterinburg, Russia where Nicholas II and his family were killed

Jan II the Good

In 1497, after the death of Nicholas II, Niemodlin was inherited by Jan II, in 1498 was bought Bytom, and the Świerklaniec castle with his privileges, and finally in 1509 was annexed Koźle.

John I, Duke of Opava-Ratibor

King John of Bohemia then enfeoffed Leszek's brother-in-law, Nicholas II, who was John I's father.

Nicholas I, Duke of Troppau

King Henry's successor John of Luxembourg however redeemed the pawn and in 1318 re-installed Nicholas's son Nicholas II as duke.

Ōtsu incident

In 1993, when the Russian government was attempting to verify whether or not bone fragments recovered from the Yekaterinburg murder site belonged to Tsar Nicholas II, a sample of the Tsar's DNA was required.

Pope Nicholas II

The supporters of Nicholas II then gained control of Rome and forced Benedict X to flee to the castle of Gerard of Galeria.

An initial battle was fought in Campagna in early 1059, which was not wholly successful for Nicholas II.

Princess Helen of Serbia

"She was a very sweet-faced though plain girl, with beautiful dark eyes, very quiet and amiable in manner," wrote Margaretta Eagar, governess to the daughters of Tsar Nicholas II.

Tsesarevich Alexis

Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904–1918), son and heir apparent of Nicholas II of Russia

Twelve Panel

Basket of Wild Flowers, 1901, Gift of Nicholas II to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.