Alexandra Feodorovna (fēô'dərŏv`nə, Rus. fyô`dərəvnə), 1872–1918, last Russian czarina, consort of Nicholas II Nicholas II, 1868–1918, last czar of Russia (1894–1917), son of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna.
Nicholas was educated by private tutors and the reactionary Pobyedonostzev .
..... Click the link for more information. ; she was a Hessian princess and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Neurotic and superstitious, she was easily dominated by Rasputin Rasputin, Grigori Yefimovich (răspy
`tĭn, Rus.
..... Click the link for more information. , who seemingly was able to check the hemophilia hemophilia (hē'məfĭl`ēə,–fēl`yə)
..... Click the link for more information. of her son. During World War I, when Nicholas took command (Sept., 1915) of the forces at the front, Alexandra Feodorovna assumed control in St. Petersburg and prevailed upon her husband to replace independent and liberal ministers with those favored by Rasputin. Her great unpopularity was increased by widespread suspicions that she was pro-German. With her husband and children, she was shot by the Bolsheviks; the family was canonized by the Russian Orthodox church in 2000.
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Nicholas was educated by private tutors and the reactionary Pobyedonostzev .
..... Click the link for more information. ; she was a Hessian princess and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Neurotic and superstitious, she was easily dominated by Rasputin Rasputin, Grigori Yefimovich (răspy
`tĭn, Rus...... Click the link for more information. , who seemingly was able to check the hemophilia hemophilia (hē'məfĭl`ēə,–fēl`yə)
..... Click the link for more information. of her son. During World War I, when Nicholas took command (Sept., 1915) of the forces at the front, Alexandra Feodorovna assumed control in St. Petersburg and prevailed upon her husband to replace independent and liberal ministers with those favored by Rasputin. Her great unpopularity was increased by widespread suspicions that she was pro-German. With her husband and children, she was shot by the Bolsheviks; the family was canonized by the Russian Orthodox church in 2000.
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