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Heartless Facts About Nicholas II, The Doomed Tsar

Tsar Nicholas II makes most terrible rulers look like saints in comparison. From the moment he was crowned Tsar, his reign was an utter catastrophe. So who was the man who ended the 300-year rule...

July 4, 2019 Miles Brucker


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