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Nicholas II Alexandrovich was born on May 18, 1868 in St. Petersburg,

He was the eldest son of Alexander III and Queen Maria (Princess Dagmar of Denmark). The last emperor of Russia, reigned from 1894 to 1917.

The era of Nicholas II's accession to the throne was a period of turbulent change. Since the end of the 19th century, Russia, centered on heavy industry, has perfected its industrial system and created an insurmountable contradiction between the capitalist economy and the rotten and backward Russian political system.

In Russia, the gap between the rich and the poor widened, a large number of peasants went bankrupt, and social contradictions intensified. Faced with these circumstances, he continued to suppress internal and external expansion from the perspective of maintaining his rule.

Nikolai served as the chairman of the construction committee of the Trans-Siberian Railway during the time of the crown prince. In 1891, when he went to Vladivostok to preside over the opening ceremony of the Siberian Railway, he was invited by the Japanese royal family to visit Japan by the way, and was attacked in Otsu, known as the Otsu Incident in history.

After the Meiji Restoration, Japan developed rapidly capitalism, and its national strength also increased. By the end of the 19th century, Japan had become an Asian power.

At that time, Japan was determined to become the hegemon of Asia and become one of the world's great powers, and the Japanese government felt panic in the face of Russia's aggressive expansion in the Far East.

There is also a strong hatred of Russia among the Japanese people, and organizations such as the Black Dragon Society have emerged among the people. Therefore, before Nicholas's departure, anti-Russian organizations have begun to plan the assassination of the Russian crown prince.

Nikolai was sightseeing in the streets of Tokyo during his visit to Japan, when a Japanese samurai rushed up to him and slashed at Nikolay with a saber.

Fortunately, Nikolai's entourage responded quickly and pushed him away, saving him from being a ghost under the knife, but a piece of scalp was still cut off by the knife, and the crown prince was immediately sent to the hospital.

Although he escaped, Nicholas II had an obvious scar on his head and suffered from severe migraine headaches, which is the memory of his trip to the Far East.

After returning from the Far East, Nikolai said: This trip influenced me and made me interested in the Far East.

Although the Japanese officials quickly arrested the murderer, apologized to Nikolai, and paid a high price, the matter was settled.

Obviously, this matter is not so easy to end, Nikolai is not so broad-minded, and it is impossible to satisfy him just by arresting an assassin.

After the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the conflict between Japan and Russia in the Far East became increasingly public.

In 1895, he joined forces with Germany and France to interfere with Japan's return of the Big Apple to the Liaodong Peninsula. Hidden danger for the Russo-Japanese War.

In 1900, after the outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion, Nicholas sent troops to join the Eight-Power Allied Forces, invaded Beijing, China, and occupied Northeast China.

During the expansion activities in the Far East, there were violent conflicts with Japan in Korea and Manchuria, which triggered the Russo-Japanese War in 1904.

The Mao Xiong, who was not ready, caused a Japanese raid at the beginning of the war and suffered heavy losses. Later, although it was relieved by its strong national strength, the poor traffic in the Far East and the logistics were unable to support them to launch a counterattack, and they have been in a stalemate. .

Nikolai may have been desperate for revenge, and his head twitched, sending the Russian Navy to the Far East. There was a suicide campaign that destroyed the second-largest navy in the world at the time. In the Russo-Japanese War, Russia was defeated and Japan was victorious.

In 1905, after Lushun was conquered by Japan, a revolution broke out in St. Petersburg, known in history as Bloody Sunday. Due to Stolypin's reforms, he temporarily survived the difficulties, but he fell into more complicated Balkan problems, which continued to consume the vitality of the empire.

Because the crown prince Alexei suffered from hemophilia, Nicholas II spent most of his time in seclusion with his family in the Tsarist village of St. Petersburg and the Black Sea.

Because the queen favored evil monk Rasputin, causing dissatisfaction among young nobles and officers,

Nicholas II gradually lost the support of the military, bureaucrats and capitalists.

In 1914, Russia had just recovered its vitality, and Nicholas II led Russia to join the First World War. Due to the unfavorable situation of the war, the lack of materials, and the hoarding of capitalists, the support of the people was gradually lost.

In 1917, Germany provided aid to the CPSU, and Lenin passed through German territory from Switzerland and returned via Finland to start a revolution that would bring Russia out of the war.

In March 1917, the citizens of St. Petersburg launched a demonstration against hunger, and the February Revolution broke out.

On March 15, 1917, Nikolai abdicated and passed the throne to his younger brother, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, but was rejected by his younger brother, so the Romanov dynasty perished.

After Nicholas II abdicated, the British government refused to accept his family's asylum in England. After the October Revolution, the family of Nicholas II was wiped out by the Bolshevik army.

Of course, this is all a matter of parallel time and space, and now Nikolai is complacent. As the crown prince of one of the most powerful empires in the world right now, it is high spirits.

Three days later, in the port of Burgas, Nikolai and his party left the warship and entered Bulgaria.

Oh, Bishop Scriment, you're here, I haven't had time to congratulate you on the opening of the Sorbian Railway, I'm so sorry! Nikolai said with a smile

Scriment said excitedly: Your Highness, you are too polite! Compared with the great Russian Empire, what we have achieved is not worth mentioning!

Nikolai smiled and said nothing, apparently he thought so too. In 1891, the total railway mileage in Russia was as high as 30,723 kilometers.

And what about Bulgaria? Even if it is driven by a traveler like Ferdinand, the total mileage of the current railway is only a thousand kilometers.

As for industrial development, the two sides are even further apart. Russia has a complete industrial system, while Bulgaria's industry is still blank in many respects.

Nikolai didn't seem to be in a hurry. When he arrived at Burgas port, he didn't rush to Sofia, but started to play in the mountains and waters.

When Ferdinand received a telegram from Scriment, he knew that Nicholas was not as bad as you were judged by later generations. Any emperor who can hold real power should not be underestimated.

Traveling in the mountains and waters is mostly observing Bulgaria's strength, and then deciding what attitude to take towards Bulgaria. Except for the political novices like Scriment, basically everyone can see the purpose of Nicholas.

Nicholas directly used the conspiracy, and Ferdinand could not do anything even if he knew it. Taking a hard sip of tea, Ferdinand didn't like this situation beyond his control.

It lasted for more than a month, and Nikolai stopped and walked along the way, playing around, maybe he was bored, or maybe he should see it. In May, we finally arrived in Sofia.

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