Nicholas II

noun

1. Gérard de Bourgogne, died 1061, pope 1058–61.
2. 1868–1918, czar of Russia 1894–1917: executed 1918.

Nicholas II

noun

1. Nicholas II18681918MRussianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1868–1918, tsar of Russia (1894–1917). After the disastrous Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), he was forced to summon a representative assembly, but his continued autocracy and incompetence precipitated the Russian Revolution (1917): he abdicated and was shot

Example Sentences

Czar Nicholas II of Russia was a cousin by marriage: His wife, Alexandra, was one of Victoria’s granddaughters.

From Literature

Sevastopol was a preferred holiday destination for Nicholas II, the last Russian czar, and his family.

From Seattle Times

These include the identification of two children of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of the Russian Empire, from remains discovered in 2007.

From Scientific American

The last czar, Nicholas II, resigned his power in March 1917.

From Literature

Russia’s last czar, Nicholas II, had been killed along with his family four years earlier.

From New York Times