Why Was Nicholas II Guilty Of Crimes Against The Russian People
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I think that Nicholas II is guilty of crimes against the Russian people. Nicholas II was ruler of Russia from 1886 to 1916. He was born May 18th, 1868 and died July 17th, 1918. Nicholas married Alexandra Feodorovna on November 26, 1894. They had 5 children, 4 girls and 1 boy. The four daughters were Anastasia, Tatiana, Olga, Maria and Alexia was the son.I feel that the prosecution team did an excellent job of proving that Nicholas II is guilty of crimes against the Russian people. They provided good evidence and used there witnesses to their advantage. The Russian soldier, the factory worker, the peasant, and Nicholas II himself will prove he is guilty. These witnesses went through their lives going through bad experiences some can say because of Nicholas. Being a factory worker was tough during Nicholas II reign. The factory workers in this time period worked under awful conditions. It was torture what they had to do…show more content… Nicholas II started a very unnecessary war with Japan which was a huge mistake that he made. The Tsar made plans to seize control of Constantinople and expanded into Manchuria and Korea. Japan did not like this. As he did this Japan felt threatened by his action and on February 8th, 1904 the Japanese navy surprised attacked on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur. As this point the Russian army was not in a very good place to be. Also, when World War 1 started the the Russian army was not properly supplied. By December 1914 the Russian army had 6,553,000 troops; however they only had 4,652,000 rifles. Untrained troops were forced into battle without rifles and ammunition. According to spartacus-educational.com, the army had about one surgeon every 10,000 men. Many soldiers would die from wounds that could be treated, but there was nobody to treat them. These men were sitting ducks waiting for a fellow soldier to fall just to pick up their gun to