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Nicolas II of Russia (18 May 1868- 17 July 1918) was the last monarch of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland and honorary King of Poland. He is known to be the monarch who was swept under by the Russian revolution of 1917.
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Nicholas II | |
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Reign | 20 October 1984- 15 March 1917 |
Spouse | Alexandra of Hesse & Darmstadt |
Issue | Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich |
House | House of Romanov |
Father | Alexander ΙΙΙ |
Mother | Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) |
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He was the head of state and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1984 until 1917 when he abdicated his position. He is known for his inability to rule a fatal factor for the downfall of the Russian Autocratic system after which Russian revolutionaries came to power and a system of communism was used until 1991.