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Nicholas II of Russia

1868 - 1918

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Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917. His reign of over 22 years marked the final chapter of the Romanov dynasty, which had ruled Russia for more than three centuries. Nicholas married Alix of Hesse (later Alexandra Feodorovna), and they had five children: four daughters, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and a son, Alexei, the Tsesarevich. Born in Tsarskoye Selo, Nicholas was the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 110 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 104 in 2024). Nicholas II of Russia is the 57th most popular politician (up from 75th in 2024), the 7th most popular biography from Russia (up from 13th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Politician.

Nicholas II of Russia is most famous for being the last tsar of Russia, and for being overthrown in the Russian Revolution.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicholas II of Russia ranks 57 out of 19,576. Before him are Benito Mussolini, John, King of England, Cicero, Richard III of England, Cnut the Great, and Xerxes I. After him are Henry Kissinger, Abraham Lincoln, James K. Polk, William III of England, James II of England, and Pompey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Nicholas II of Russia ranks 1. After him are Maxim Gorky, Robert Falcon Scott, Karl Landsteiner, Miklós Horthy, Fritz Haber, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, John Nance Garner, Abdulmejid II, W. E. B. Du Bois, Robert Andrews Millikan, and Constantine I of Greece. Among people deceased in 1918, Nicholas II of Russia ranks 1. After him are Gustav Klimt, Claude Debussy, Abdul Hamid II, Alexandra Feodorovna, Gavrilo Princip, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Egon Schiele, Guillaume Apollinaire, Mehmed V, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, and Georg Cantor.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nicholas II of Russia ranks 7 out of 3,761. Before him are Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821), Immanuel Kant (1724), Vladimir Lenin (1870), Vladimir Putin (1952), Leo Tolstoy (1828), and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840). After him are Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), Kim Jong-il (1941), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Yuri Gagarin (1934), Dmitri Mendeleev (1834), and Peter the Great (1672).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Nicholas II of Russia ranks 3. Before him are Vladimir Lenin (1870), and Vladimir Putin (1952). After him are Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), Kim Jong-il (1941), Peter the Great (1672), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Ivan the Terrible (1530), Boris Yeltsin (1931), Yuri Andropov (1914), Alexander II of Russia (1818), and Alexander III of Russia (1845).

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