Nicholas Romanov was actually a decent guy. The problem was that he was an ideologue (of absolutism) and very incompetent. If he had abdicated in favor of his son, the family would probably have survived, but he did not want to put his son through that.
Reason for execution: had the wrong dad
Nicholas Romanov was actually a decent guy. The problem was that he was an ideologue (of absolutism) and very incompetent. If he had abdicated in favor of his son, the family would probably have survived, but he did not want to put his son through that.