![]() ![]() ![]() Rasputin immorality was well known, but for Alexandra, he remained her son’s lifeline. Yet the semi-monk Rasputin seemed able to control Alexei’s bleeding through prayer. After birthing four girls, son Alexei was born but found to have hemophilia, the “bleeding disease”, which in those days was incurable. ![]() There was constant tension as Russians began to demand a parliament and civil and workers’ rights.Īlexandra’s “job” was to provide a male heir to the throne since girls could not inherit it. Most Russians were poor and illiterate, but young people were flocking to cities to work in new factories. Nicholas Romanov, tsar by age 26, was inexperienced, shy, and ultraconservative. Nicholas II was the last tsar of Russia and his wife was German-born Alix, granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England. This book began my lifelong interest in Russian history and culture. ![]()
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