The idea that anything Nicholas II could have done to change the

course of history would be wishful thinking. Russia before 1917 was

the largest country in the world. In economic terms it was backward as

it was late industrializing and late to emerge from feudalism. In

political terms it was also backward, with no legal political parties or

Nicholas was brought up by his father Alexander III who didn't believe

his son had the intelligence and therefore neglected to educate him in

the business of running the country. The fact that his father died at the

age of 49 and thought he had many more years to rule also contributed

to Alexander's poor preparation to rule.

At 29 Nicholas assumed the throne, marrying the granddaughter of

Alexandra and proceeded to dominate Nicholas in his decisions on state

openly advocated. The intrigues swirling around the palace because of

the backward autocratic system as was the case in other European

1917 major demonstrations broke out in Petrograd. After two days of

matters. Their relationship though not the sole reason for the downfall

doomed to his fate. The country was far down the road to revolution

than a feudal realm. In the midst of democratic and social change

of the Romanov dynasty could be considered one of the causes. Both

demanding a series of measures to improve the lot of workers. The

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