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Wasn't Alexandra called by her real name, Alix, from Nicholas all her life?
They were often responsible for creating an atomosphere for violent attacks. Not that one should justify murder. Alexander II, was actually trying to reduce suffering of his people, but by that time, anger had welled to a great proportion. Nicholas and Alexandra were unrealistic, weak and dreadful monarchs. That still does not justify their murder and certainly that of their children. Those under them suffered far more than they.
They were often responsible for creating an atomosphere for violent attacks. Not that one should justify murder. Alexander II, was actually trying to reduce suffering of his people, but by that time, anger had welled to a great proportion. Nicholas and Alexandra were unrealistic, weak and dreadful monarchs. That still does not justify their murder and certainly that of their children. Those under them suffered far more than they.
He was cursed by his position in life. He could have been a good and able employee and a wonderful family man. Had he been a constitutional monarch, where his presence would have been mostly ceremonial, he would have been a big success.
Countess,
I couldn't agree more with your assessment of Nicholas and Alexandra. I think part of the problem was that they both believed feverantly that Nicholas was predistined by God to rule Russia. This belief was instilled in both of them I think that is one of the reason reform came so hard for Nicholas. That belief totally disabled him from being able to compromise or bring about reform. Recall the failed attempts of others to convince Nicholas to establish the Duma. He could not do it and Alex supported him every time. Personally, I think Alex should not have been so concerned with Russian politics, it was something she could not understand. She didn't grow up in Russia and had no understanding of the vastness of the country or the spirit of the Russian people. She meddled way to much and she was obsessed that the Russian throne remain in tact for her son.
Lexi