Western Civilization II / Unit 15 WC2 1401 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nicholas II: The Last Autocrat
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The idea
Nicholas II, tsar from eighteen ninety-four, held complete authority over politics and the Church; the tsars alone had resisted modernity. Modernity reached him through war twice, against Japan in nineteen oh-four and Germany in nineteen fourteen. Defeat in the first was blamed on his backwardness and indecision.
In practice
The photograph with his cousin George V, the anchor's image.
Where people slip
The anchor's characterization, attributed.
Your place on the trail
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