Tutor to Nicholas II

You, servant of the His Imperial Majesty's Government, have been instructed to advise the tutor of Tsarevich Nicholas (Konstantin Pobedenostsev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Pobedonostsev), soon to become Tsar Nicholas II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_ii, on what to teach him in preparation for leadership of the Russian Empire. Reluctantly, due to a clause in the will of Tsar Nicholas I which has only recently been discovered, he will accept most of your advice.

This may sound what various youthful intellectuals call "ASB", but it is nothing of the sort. You are not allowed to inform him of any futuristic (by 1868 standards, the year of Nicholas' birth) technologies (e.g. aeroplanes), ideas (e.g. environmentalism), events (e.g. the February Revolution), people (e.g. Stalin) or other things too out of place in the 19th century, although you can look at present advances. You may not directly teach any lessons yourself. Your curriculum must be useful for the governance of the Russian Empire, and take into account of the conditions of The Russian Empire at that time, as well as the extremely isolated conditions of the Russian Court. And you may not intervene in Nicholas' personal life, nor that of his household. (So there is still going to be the domineering figure of Alexander III, who willl still have fun directing fire hoses at nearby monarchs-the King of Sweden, for instance.) Basically, this is asking the question of what would have happened if Nicholas had a better tutor, and what he would have been taught.

It is up to you, then, to make a good monarch of the Tsarevich!
 
There was nothing wrong with the education of NicholasII. He was the first born son of the Tsar, so all educational efforts were concentrated on him.

What he missed when he got on the throne was political experience. This was because no one expected Alexander III to die so soon. They thought they had time.

What Nicholas needed was more characterbuilding. So you could give him e.g. some terrifying experiences like watching his father bleed to death after a suicide bomber attack or make him experience some gruelties in war. That would strengthen his character and make him a much better Tsar.
 
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