What did he do wrong?

What did he do wrong?

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Let his wife cuck him with a hobo and ignored what the people wanted

Being an incompetent fucktard that allowed his people to starve and feel resentment towards him, without a care in the world. Then proceed to lose a war against fucking Japan and then pull Russia into a war it couldn't win.

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Why was his people starving? What he could have done to prevent it?

Being an autocracy only works when your autocrat is strong, smart & judicious.

Nicolas II was arguably none of these. He was weak-willed, pussywhipped, out of his depth as a statesmen for the challenges of his time, lacked foresight, perhaps worst of all didn't understand his own people. He thought that everyone in Russia loved him and looked up to him like a father. He failed to learn the lesson of the 1905 revolution that the people needed to see some political progress. He resented the Duma and actively worked against it when he should have been facilitating representative government.

It was inconceivable to him that his blunders and mishaps would result in a full-blown revolution. The Romanovs had been on Russia's throne for like 300 years, he thought they would be there forever.

I'm starting to see it.

Couldn't handle the Communists, Nips, or hipsters.

The three tragic clowns of world history.

He had the disastrous qualities of being both incompetent and stubborn. There are many incompetent and lazy rulers however they generally open to relying on their court/bureaucracy which generally keeps the status quo ticking over.

As for his actions:

-He was a disastrous diplomat and got Russia involved in a terrible war with Japan which marked the first time a European power had been defeated by an East Asian one since the Mongol Conquests. He literally was surprised when Japan responded with military force.

-Destroyed all attempts at indigenous reform squashing both the Duma and Stolypins work effectively killing Russia's chance at modernizing on its own terms like Japan. A process which also radicalized his population.

-Completely botched the situations prior to WWI with his indecision managing at once to both antagonize the Central Powers *and* his own military.

-As the War went downhill (which in the process decimated the elements in the military loyal to him) he left the Capitol to personally lead the war effort and placed the running of the country in the hands of his wife (who was heavily influenced by Rasputin)

-World War I signaled the end of absolute monarchies however unlike all the rest he vehemently refused to abdicate (despite constant warnings by advisers) until he was literally placed under house arrest by the Liberal revolutionaries (yes not the Bolsheviks but the liberals).

All in all he destroyed his state, military and the legitimacy and popularity of the monarchy in the eyes of the people. He is just as responsible for the Russian Revolution (the Red one) as Lenin is.

>Nicky
>Stubborn

his opinion was the same as the last advisor he spoke to

Thanks for the info, m8.

Literally nothing
Don't listen to the commies.

>his opinion was the same as the last advisor he spoke to

Not when it came to his divine right to rule as an absolute monarch.

>Literally nothing
Notice how even though all the other monarchies fell - some to communists as well - none of the royal families wound up being imprisoned or murdered.

Didn't cede government power to Lenin in exchange for his family's lives

He had no power by 1917 well before Lenin came into the picture as a serious force.

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I heard that he wasn't even in the palace on Bloody Sunday.
He was on a summer house or some shit like that miles away from the conflict.

His main error was being too stubborn.

If he had allowed some gentle, modernising reforms early on he could have averted the revolution.

He refused to budge an inch, and ended up losing a mile.

I was under the impression that he wanted to get the ball of modernisation rolling but faced a lot of opposition from almost everyone who had the sligtest amount of power.

that's total bullshit. He may've wanted to modernize his country a bit but never made any serious attempt to do so

He was a huge cunt that couldn't handle having any real pressure hedged on him to make decisions.

He routinely founded parliamentary institutions, only to dismiss them whenever he disagreed with them.

He rushed his country into ww1 because he was impatient and wanted to prove he was a strong leader

And he just sort of made shitty decisions all round. If he weren't my man crush I'd detest him.

Everything.

God bless him

t. Commie

>He may've wanted to modernize his country a bit but never made any serious attempt to do so

Russia underwent huge modernization throughout his reign. The rapid urbanisation and industrialisation arguably led to his downfall, and he should've slowed it down a bit.

His cuteness was immense. It became very difficult to people deal with.

He did that "pretend to be George V when George will pretend to be me until they'll find out" prank.

They've never found out. And so, George V was killed by Bolsheviks.

He took every single horse in Russia to war. Every single one.

Nothing, Russia failed him through being seduced by Bolshevism.

>Why was his people starving?

Food couldn't be delivered because of rail strikes (communists controlled the unions).

>What he could have done to prevent it?

Executed more communists.

>Executed more communists.
but the executions are part of what made people hate him, especially the soldier that got the orders to kill

Looks like me

You mean he was such a shitcan of a ruler the desperate russian people allowed themselves to be seduced by bolshevism.

>I heard that he wasn't even in the palace on Bloody Sunday.
>He was on a summer house or some shit like that miles away from the conflict.

Nicholas made sure no one who was in charge on the Black Sunday was ever punished.

Is that Georgie or Nicki?

Making the commies look good.

>Russia underwent huge modernization throughout his reign. The rapid urbanisation and industrialisation arguably led to his downfall, and he should've slowed it down a bit.

Nonsense, look at Japan and Germany modernization did not lead to his downfall

Literally everything. He was so fucking incompetent he caused the collapse of the Russian Empire. The only thing he did right was get shot with family.

Nothing

he let ireland go free and supported that commie macdonald

great king besides that though

Please tell me there aren't people here who unironically think he did something wrong

You fucking retard

>What did he do wrong?

Accepted personal responsibility for the war, and tried to go be in charge instead of staying home, making love to his wife, playing with his children, talking to his mate over a drink, and living the good life.

>tumblr
well that explains your retardation I guess

It's a joke you dumbo

>they swap outfits and spend a week in each other's country

fpbp

daily reminder that he was an incompetent faggot, and that he was executed by a jew

Nothing. He was actually trying to fix Russia and bring it into the modern age of industry and liberalism.

Problem was that Russia was way too fucking backwards and awful. So he couldn't get things improved fast enough before the jewish bolsheviks murdered him and then tens of millions of other Russians and Ukrainians.

Thanks Wilhelm!

>oh and Rasputin was actually a voice of reason and told the Tsar to stay out of the war.

Being at the wrong place and the wrong time and trying to save face by pretending his country was on par with the rest of the great powers and not a shithole outside the palace.

Also this

>. He was actually trying to fix Russia and bring it into the modern age of industry and liberalism.
*he was whoring the country

I dont think the word "trying" was in little Nicky's vocabulary.

the empire lasted 300 years....while the socialist shithole didn't even lasted a century....he didn't deserved to get executed

There's always, ALWAYS someone who gets whiny and cries when this guy gets brought up. - explained perfectly how he was a complete and utter fuck-up who deserved what he got.

good post

AND YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND