Nicholas II Alexandrovich, born on May 18, 1868 in St. Petersburg,

He was the eldest son of Alexander III and Empress Maria (Princess Dagmar of Denmark). The last emperor of Russia, reigned from 1894 to 1917.

The accession to the throne of Nicholas II was a time of turbulent change. Since the end of the 19th century, Russia, with heavy industry as the center, has perfected its industrial system, and an insurmountable contradiction has arisen between the capitalist economy and the decadent and backward Russian political system.

However, the gap between the rich and the poor in Russia has widened, a large number of peasants have gone bankrupt, and social contradictions have intensified. In the face of these circumstances, he continued to suppress internally and expand externally from the perspective of maintaining his rule.

During the time of the crown prince, Nikolai served as chairman of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Construction Committee. In 1891, when he went to Vladivostok to preside over the groundbreaking ceremony of the Trans-Siberian Railway, he was invited by the Japanese Imperial Family to visit Japan and was attacked in Otsu, which is known as the "Otsu Incident".

After the Meiji Restoration, Japan developed rapidly and its national power grew as a result of its rapid development of capitalism, and by the end of the 19th century, Japan had become a great power in Asia.

At that time, Japan was bent on becoming the hegemon of Asia and among the world's great powers, and the Japanese government was panicked in the face of Russia's aggressive posture of expansion in the Far East.

There is also a strong Russophobic sentiment among the Japanese people, and organizations such as the Black Dragon Society have emerged among the people. Therefore, before Nikolai's arrival, anti-Russian groups had begun to plot the assassination of the Russian crown prince.

During Nikolai's visit to Japan, he was sightseeing in the streets of Tokyo when a Japanese samurai rushed up to him and slashed at Nikolai with his sabre.

Fortunately, Nikolai's entourage reacted quickly and pushed him away, so that he was saved from being killed by the knife, but he still had a piece of his scalp cut off by the knife, and the crown prince was immediately taken to the hospital.

Although he escaped, Nicholas II always had a visible scar on his head and suffered from severe migraine, which is a memento of his trip to the Far East.

Returning from the Far East, Nikolai said: "This trip influenced me and made me interested in the Far East later.

Although the Japanese authorities quickly arrested the murderer and apologized to Nikolai, and paid a lot of money, the matter was settled.

Obviously, this matter was not so easy, Nikolai was not so broad-minded, and it was impossible for him to satisfy him with just capturing an Assassin.

After the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the contradictions and conflicts between Japan and Russia in the Far East became more and more open.

In 1895, he joined forces with Germany and France to intervene in Japan's return of the Big Apple to the Liaodong Peninsula. It laid a hidden danger for the Russo-Japanese War.

In 1900, after the outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion, Nikolai sent troops to join the Eight-Nation Alliance, invaded Beijing, China, and occupied northeastern China.

Expansion activities in the Far East, with Japan in Korea and Manchuria, led to a violent conflict that led to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904.

Mao Xiong, who was not prepared, caused a surprise attack by Japan at the beginning of the war, and suffered heavy losses, and although he was relieved by relying on his strong national strength, the poor transportation in the Far East and the inability of logistics to support them to launch a counteroffensive have been in a stalemate.

Nikolai, probably vengeful, twitched his head and sent the Russian Navy to the Far East. There was a suicide campaign that buried the second navy in the world at the time. In the Russo-Japanese War, Russia suffered a crushing defeat, and Japan won a crushing victory.

In 1905, after the Japanese conquered Arthur, a revolution broke out in St. Petersburg, known as the "Bloody Sunday" incident. Temporarily weathered by Stolypin's reforms, but bogged down in more complex Balkan problems, it continued to drain the empire.

Because Crown Prince Alexei was suffering from hemophilia, Nicholas II spent most of his time in seclusion in the Tsars' Village and on the Black Sea in St. Petersburg, with his family.

Due to the empress's favor of the "evil monk" Rasputin, which caused discontent among the young aristocracy and the officer corps, Nicholas II gradually lost the support of the military, bureaucracy and capitalists.

In 1914, Russia had just recovered, and Nicholas II led Russia into the First World War, but due to the unfavorable situation of the war, the lack of materials, and the hoarding of capitalists, it gradually lost the support of the people.

In 1917, Germany provided aid to the CPSU, and Lenin passed through German territory from Switzerland and returned home via Finland to make a revolution to pull Russia out of the war.

In March 1917, the citizens of St. Petersburg staged an anti-hunger demonstration, and the February Revolution broke out.

On March 15, 1917, Nikolai abdicated and passed the throne to his younger brother, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, but his brother refused, and the Romanov dynasty came to an end.

After the abdication of Nicholas II, the British government refused to accept his family as refuge in England. After the outbreak of the October Revolution, the family of Nicholas II was wiped out by the Bolshevik army.

Of course, this is all a matter of parallel time and space, and now Nikolai is proud. As one of the most powerful empires in the world right now, the crown prince is in high spirits.

Three days later, in the port of Burgas, Nikolai and his party left the warship and stepped into Bulgaria.

"Oh, Bishop Skritmant, you're here, and I'm sorry I haven't had time to congratulate you on the opening of the Sorbian Railway!" Nikolai said with a smile

Skriment said excitedly: "Your Highness, you are too polite! Compared to the great Russian Empire, this is nothing to be said! ”

Nikolai smiled and didn't say anything, apparently he thought it was too. In 1891, the total length of railways in Russia was 30,723 km.

And what about Bulgaria? Even if it was opened by Ferdinand, the traverser, the total length of the railway is only about 1,000 kilometers.

As for industrial development, the two sides are even further behind. Russia has a complete industrial system, while Bulgaria's industry is in many ways a blank slate.

Nikolai did not seem to be in a hurry, and when he arrived at the port of Burgas, he did not rush to Sofia, but began to travel in the mountains and rivers.

When Ferdinand received a telegram from Screment, he knew that Nikolai was not as unsatisfactory as later generations would judge you. Any emperor who can grasp real power should not be underestimated.

"Touring the mountains and rivers" is mostly to observe the strength of Bulgaria and then decide what attitude to treat Bulgaria. Except for political novices like Screment, Nicholas's purpose can basically be seen.

Nikolai directly used the impotence, and even though Ferdinand knew it, he couldn't do anything. Taking a hard sip of tea, Ferdinand didn't like this situation that was out of his control.

It lasted for more than a month, and Nikolai stopped and played around along the way, maybe he was bored, or maybe he should have seen it. In May, we finally arrived in Sofia City.