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Nicholas II / Re: Nicholas had a bad rep. How much of it was outside his control?
« on: January 22, 2017, 10:51:09 AM »
When I say "bad reputation", I'm talking about things like, I saw another post on here ranking the tsars and Nicky was right up there with Peter III, widely considered (from what I've read) to be one of the worst. And again, given what I've read, I wondered how much of that was him genuinely being a bad tsar, and how much was him being presented with an unprecedented situation (WWI) that he handled badly not necessarily from incompetence or ineptitude, but from genuinely being out of his depth?
But your answer was both well written and thought provoking, so I thank you for that!
I also read that Nicky II and Georgie V of England were first cousins - and that Georgie was also cousins with Wilhelm II of Germany. That's... an interesting dynamic to have in Europe, given Nicky and George's countries would ride against Wilhelm's country! I read (somewhat tongue in cheek) that if Granny Victoria had been alive, she never would have let her grandsons go to war against each other, haha.
But your answer was both well written and thought provoking, so I thank you for that!
I also read that Nicky II and Georgie V of England were first cousins - and that Georgie was also cousins with Wilhelm II of Germany. That's... an interesting dynamic to have in Europe, given Nicky and George's countries would ride against Wilhelm's country! I read (somewhat tongue in cheek) that if Granny Victoria had been alive, she never would have let her grandsons go to war against each other, haha.
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