Tzar Nicholas II
Nicholas II was born on May 6, 1868 in Pushkin, Russia. He inherited the throne when his father, Alexander III, died in 1894. Although he believed in autocracy, he was eventually forced to create an elected legislature. Nicholas II was the last tsar ofRussia under Romanov rule. His poor handling of Bloody Sunday and Russia’s role in World War I led to his abdication and execution. Bolsheviks executed him and his family on the night of July 16-17, 1918, in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Grigori Rasputin was born into a peasant family in Siberia, Russia, around 1869. Even though he did do much with the revolution he was still a help to the Tsar. After failing to become a monk, Rasputin became a wanderer and eventually entered the court of Czar Nicholas II because of his alleged healing abilities. Known for his prophetic powers, he became a favorite of the Nicholas's wife, Alexandra Feodorovna, but his political influence was minor. Rasputin became swept up in the events of the Russian Revolution and met a brutal death at the hands of assassins in 1916.