Nicholas II Of Russia Considered A Great Tsar

With a pod of 1900, how would it be possible for Nicholas II of Russia to be considered a great Tsar of Russia? He must live to at least 1925 and Russia must be at the same territorial extent as in 1900, with the possible exception of Poland.
 
Have his father Alexander III consider educating him about the responsibilities of power and being when Alexander III becomes Tsar, and make sure he marries anyone else than Alix of Hesse would be good starts. At 1900? damn, you would have to hope one of Nicholas and Alexandra's daughters is instead a son with no hemophilia. Nicholas would have to be more willing to listen his advisers and grow a backbone in regards to his wife. If possible if Nicholas is in the know about the march on the square that happened on Bloody Sunday he could use it as way to boost popularity, maybe implement social reforms. Not having Russia go into the Russo-Japanese war would help, maybe give them time to reform and modernize the army, and actually build infrastructure to be able to fight a war.
 
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After 1900, he's already married to Alix of Hesse, so I'm not sure how he can change his personality by then. Maybe Lucky Nicky marries Helene d'Orleans?
 
IMHO having a POD in 1900 won't result in Czar Nicholas II being considered a great czar.

The military was woefully inefficient and, assuming that war still breaks out with Japan over Manchuria, he'll be facing a revolution which will test his authority almost to the breaking point.

And assuming that WWI still occurs, his regime may still collapse and give way to a republican government under Kerensky and the moderate socialists. And assuming that the moderate socialist parties fail to deliver Russia from war and chaos, the Bolsheviks and other radical parties will follow in the wake of their failure.

To have any Czar in the early 20th century be considered 'great,' a reformation of the Czarist order must take place preferably through the actions of a surviving Czar Alexander II.

Otherwise, revolution and unrest will take place in Russia and damage the Czar's reputation amongst the common populace.
 
There hardly is way that Nicholas II would consider as good czar. He listened only his ultra-nationalist and reactonary advisors and his wife was very estrangered from reality and Nicholas listened her. too. Even about that hardly is much help if Alexei born healthy and Russo-Japanese war would goes better. You need earlier POD which produce reformist czar.
 
How about have the Tsar oppose entering the World War 1, only to be ousted by the hard liners who put his son in as a puppet tsar. He ends up looking like the only guy in Europe who realizes how bad an idea WW1 is back in 1914, which by itself will create a certain mythology around him
 
How about have the Tsar oppose entering the World War 1, only to be ousted by the hard liners who put his son in as a puppet tsar. He ends up looking like the only guy in Europe who realizes how bad an idea WW1 is back in 1914, which by itself will create a certain mythology around him

Nicholas II surely doesn't decide stay out of WW1. Russia had alliance with United Kingdom and France and Russia want support Serbia. Nicholas II not be able to make that kind of decision. And even he would understand that foreign countries not accept that.
 
Nicholas II surely doesn't decide stay out of WW1. Russia had alliance with United Kingdom and France and Russia want support Serbia. Nicholas II not be able to make that kind of decision. And even he would understand that foreign countries not accept that.
What if Nicholas is slain in a coup based on unrelated reasons that promptly gets disastrously involved in WWI, obscuring the fact that he would have done the same if he'd survived?
 
What if Nicholas is slain in a coup based on unrelated reasons that promptly gets disastrously involved in WWI, obscuring the fact that he would have done the same if he'd survived?

With a pod of 1900, how would it be possible for Nicholas II of Russia to be considered a great Tsar of Russia? He must live to at least 1925 and Russia must be at the same territorial extent as in 1900, with the possible exception of Poland.

Unfortunately no.
 
With a pod of 1900, how would it be possible for Nicholas II of Russia to be considered a great Tsar of Russia? He must live to at least 1925 and Russia must be at the same territorial extent as in 1900, with the possible exception of Poland.

1900 is basically too late. Nicholas was too set in his ways by this point, him being an adult man and all. That means he plainly won't address the manifold problems of the Russian Empire. A possible way to make Nicholas II be considered great would be possible with a pre-1900 PoD: Alexander II isn't assassinated and starts to educate his grandson Nicholas as a liberal. Alexander II in the end dies, but at such an age that Alexander III sits on the throne for only a year or two. Nicholas becomes Tsar and continues his grandfather's reforms and liberalizations.

This would make for a good TL. Germany would be wise to placate Russia, for this will not be a giant on clay feet like OTL's early twentieth century Russian Empire.
 
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Is there anything that can change Nicholas II mind when it comes to reform? Perhaps an assassination attempt that nearly succeeds?
 
With a 1900 POD it is impossible because Nicholas was already married to Alix of Hesse. Maybe have one of his daughters be born a boy?
 
Is there anything that can change Nicholas II mind when it comes to reform? Perhaps an assassination attempt that nearly succeeds?
Well serious blows to the head have been known to cause changes in personality or temperament on occasion. If say he were involved in a train crash where he suffers a serious injury but survives whilst his wife and some of the other more troublesome personages tragically die...
 
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