Throughout all of human history, few rulers received as bad as a reputation as Tsar Nicholas II had. Not because he was particularly brutal, ruthless, and despotic. But rather due to the sheer incompetency he displayed during his reign over the Russian Empire.
To call the Tsar horrifically misunderstood would be the understatement of a lifetime. The sad truth of the matter is he had been thrust into power long before he was fit, or capable of ruling over a small town, let alone one of the world's largest empires and pre-eminent powers.
And this was the fault of his father, a man who had simply performed his role as a monarch poorly, who appeared to be more interested in repressing his people than actually grooming his heir to take over the throne after he had died.
