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Nicholas II

American  

noun

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

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


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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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

With no end in sight, Nicholas II was forced to concede that he would no longer rule autocratically, and that a national legislature would meet to create a new voice in the government.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

Tsar Nicholas II originally bestowed the title in 1914; it was being used in 1954 and is still awarded today.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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