Nicholas II

American  

noun

1. Gérard de Bourgogne, died 1061, pope 1058–61.

2. 1868–1918, czar of Russia 1894–1917: executed 1918.

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Nicholas II British  

noun

1. 1868–1918, tsar of Russia (1894–1917). After the disastrous Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), he was forced to summon a representative assembly, but his continued autocracy and incompetence precipitated the Russian Revolution (1917): he abdicated and was shot

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Nicholas II

The eggs were made from 1885 until Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate in 1917.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

Sevastopol was a preferred holiday destination for Nicholas II, the last Russian czar, and his family.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

These include the identification of two children of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of the Russian Empire, from remains discovered in 2007.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 23, 2023

Russia’s last czar, Nicholas II, had been killed along with his family four years earlier.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2022

Like Maria Bochkareva, she went to Czar Nicholas II himself to get permission to fight.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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