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Nicholas II's personal decency is irrelevant to statecraft; Jiang presents him as unequipped for a time of war, famine, discontent, Rasputin scandal, and revolution.
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Nicholas II
Nicholas II's personal decency is irrelevant to statecraft; Jiang presents him as unequipped for a time of war, famine, discontent, Rasputin scandal, and revolution.
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"But he's not real. He's not really equipped to lead Russia in a time of tremendous political and social tumult. In 1904, the Russians..."
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"And Rasputin was very good at calming down Alexei. So Rasputin became a member of the royal family, essentially. But people, the Russian people,..."
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"...breaking out, okay? The Russians are losing the war. The Tsar, Nicholas II, he abdicates. And now you have a democratic government in Russia...."
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"...So England and Germany, all right? So this is the Tsar Nicholas II. The Tsar here is Nicholas II, okay? And these are all..."
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"...a reactionary. But he dies fairly young, which leaves his son, Nicholas II, to take the throne. And Nicholas II, he's very young, and..."
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