#nicholas ii

judicialinvestigator:

Николай II и Великие Княжны что-то рассматривают в фонтане или пруду
Ливадия, апрель-май 1914 года
ГА РФ, ф. 673. оп. 1 д. 203 л. 18

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imperial-russia:

Tsar Nicholas II and Tsesarevich Alexei greeted on a train station

otmacamera:

judicialinvestigator:

Николай II с дочерьми во время прогулки по Днепру, июль 1916 года
ГА РФ, ф. 673. оп. 1 д. 206 л. 19

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Nicholas II, Anastasia, Tatiana and Olga in Dnepr, July 1916

otmacamera:

judicialinvestigator:

Николай II с Княжнами в Ливадии, октябрь 1913 года
ГА РФ, ф. 673. оп. 1 д. 203 л. 6 об.

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Nicholas II with Anastasia and Olga in Livadia, October 1913

greatwar-1914:

March 15, 1917 - Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates

Pictured - The war claims its first sovereign.

The Tsar was in his train on March 15, waiting to get back to his capital. Revolutionaries had halted it on his way back to military headquarters at Mogilev, which forced him to take a longer way home through Pskov. That morning, however, he received a telegram from Mogilev. It was from the army’s Commander-in-Chief, General Alexeyev.

Alexeyev had gotten in touch with the Russian army’s generals and urged them to join him in asking the Tsar to abdicate. None of them dissented. General Brusilov was emphatic that abdication was the only way to save the monarchy and keep Russia in the war, and even the staunchly monarchist General Sakharov in Romania agreed. They knew their soldiers would cease fighting otherwise. The Tsar’s cousin Grand Duke Nicholas, the former Commander-in-Chief, wrote the same thing. At half past two in the afternoon, Alexeyev telegraphed what they had said to Pskov.

General Russky at Pskov went to see the Tsar armed with the telegrams. The Tsar looked over the messages for over a few moments; his cousin’s signature made the most impact. Without any discussion, he telegraphed back to Alexeyev: “In the name of the welfare, tranquility and salvation of my warmly beloved Russia I am ready to abdicate from the throne in favour of my son. I request all to serve him faithfully.”

So ended the Romanov dynasty’s 300-year rule over Russia. The first Romanov, Tsar Michael, had come to the throne in 1613. In Petrograd, the Duma moved into the Tauride Palace and officially formed the Provisional Government, but the Petrograd Soviet remained in session outside in a blatant challenge. The Tsar had given up his power lightly. Few of the revolutionaries would do the same.

ghosts-of-imperial-russia:

Diary of Nicholas II:

March 15, 1917, Thursday  

“In the morning Ruzski came and read his very long direct-wire talk with Rodzianko. According to this, the situation in Petrograd is such that a Ministry of the Duma would now be powerless to do anything, for it has to contend with the Social-Democratic Party, represented by the workers’ committee. My abdication is required. Ruzski transmitted this talk to Headquarters, and Alexeev sent it on to all the commanders-in-chief. By 2 o'clock replies were received from them. The gist of them is that in order to save Russia and keep the army at the front quiet, such a step must be taken. I have agreed. From Headquarters has been sent a draft of a manifesto. In the evening Guchkov and Shulgin arrived from Petrograd, with whom I discussed the matter, and I handed them the signed and altered manifesto. At 1 o'clock in the morning [16th] I left Pskov, with a heavy heart because of the things gone through. All around me there is treachery, cowardice, and deceit.”  

royaland:

memory-of-the-romanovs:

Nicholas II (1908)

Tha last Emperor of Russia

judicialinvestigator:

“Царская Ставка 5-е Мая 1916 г.”
ГА РФ, ф. 673. оп. 1 д. 206 л. 5 об.

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adini-nikolaevna:

Photograph of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, addressed to his wife’s grandmother, Queen Victoria.

judicialinvestigator:

Николай II, Ольга Александровна и Великие Княжны на Ливадийском пляже, август 1913 года
ГА РФ, ф. 673. оп. 1 д. 203 л. 3

judicialinvestigator:

Августейшая Семья на Ливадийском корте, осень 1913 года
ГА РФ, ф. 673. оп. 1 д. 203 л. 8 об.

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imperial-russia:

Nicky and Alix, Tsarskoe Selo, 1900s

judicialinvestigator:

Играем с Княжнами в кустах☺
ГА РФ, ф. 673. оп. 1 д. 206 л. 20 об.

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judicialinvestigator:

Император и Великие Княжны в Бешуйской даче, 26 мая 1914 года
ГА РФ, ф. 673. оп. 1 д. 203 л. 23 об.

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imperial-russia:

Not protected anymore, only guarded: Citizen Nicholas Romanov, once Emperor of all Russia, under house arrest in Tsarskoe Selo, summer 1917.

imperial-russia:

Emperor Nicholas II on horseback

antique-royals:

Maria Feodorovna with son the future Nicholas II of Russia and brother Prince Valdemar of Denmark

judicialinvestigator:

Днепр, 1916 год
ГА РФ, ф. 673. оп. 1 д. 206 л. 21 об.

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romanovsonelastdance:

Nicholas II with his wife and son.

judicialinvestigator:

Цесаревич Алексей, император Николай II и великий князь Дмитрий Павлович на берегу моря в Ливадии. 1909 г. Любительская фотография. ГА РФ. Ф. 601. Оп. 1. Д. 1521. Л. 10. № 105.