(via romanovsisters)
Nicholas and Alexandra early in their marriage.Not that early according to bollymusings . Around 1899, while Alexandra was pregnant with Maria.
Tsar Nicholas II, Last Emperor of Russia
“Nicholas inherited from his ancestors not only a giant empire, but also a revolution. And they did not bequeath him one quality which would have made him capable of governing an empire. Or even a country.”
-Leon Trotsky
