How would this affect the Russians if he managed to escape the communists survive in exile in lets say Britain
Bit silly this.the alt British monarch allows the Romanovs to claim exile in the United Kingdom and essentially hand them the Isle of Wight as their own private fiefdom.
Bit silly this.
In a timeline that I have doodled, the alt British monarch allows the Romanovs to claim exile in the United Kingdom and essentially hand them the Isle of Wight as their own private fiefdom. Years later when Soviet Russia has built up confidence, they demand that the British hand over Nicholas and his wife to face war crimes and given that this will essentially see them face execution, the British government refuses and the Russians invade (and occupy for several years) the Isle of Wight.
So there's a lot wrong with this:In a timeline that I have doodled, the alt British monarch allows the Romanovs to claim exile in the United Kingdom and essentially hand them the Isle of Wight as their own private fiefdom. Years later when Soviet Russia has built up confidence, they demand that the British hand over Nicholas and his wife to face war crimes and given that this will essentially see them face execution, the British government refuses and the Russians invade (and occupy for several years) the Isle of Wight.
The Russian Court in Exile flees to the mainland but ultimately the British hand Nicholas and his wife over to the Soviets whilst the other members of the court are forces to publically denounce their claims to the Russian Imperial throne.
Nicholas and his wife are executed. Little Russia becomes Little Soviet Russia until the Soviets eventually withdraw following the execution. They hold it until then in case the British try to interfere in the mock War Crimes trial.
He couldn't flee, because most of his family had measles. In particular, his daughter Maria's measles developed into double-lung pneumonia. Travelling would have meant abandoning his family, and Nicolas would never have done that. Furthermore, he wouldn't be able to get asylum in another country. The British for instance didn't give him asylum IOTL, and they certainly aren't going to do so if he's still claiming to be Tsar. There's nowhere internally he can flee, because he doesn't have any supporters.I wouldn't discount Nicky's importance.
Nicky was discredited, but so long as he lived, he was a symbol of the ancien regime and could appoint a legitimate successor. He did this in OTL, but it was like all things Nicky did in the last twelve years of his life - ill-timed. Suppose Nicky digs in and does not abdicate in favor of anyone and instead flees and lives out in exile somewhere and manages to survive the assassins the Bolsheviks would send en masse? Yes, the Bolsheviks gain a short term victory in painting all those who oppose them as wanting Nicky back, and yes, Nicky being Nicky will no doubt spout off about how he is waiting to return. But let's not brush over such things as the Bolsheviks being collosal heavy handed pricks capable of making a lot of people hate them and how the rosy prism of nostalgia makes people long for the good ole' days that were actually awful when confronted with setbacks.
The real time for Nicky to shine would not have been during the Civil War, which would go either way, but let's suppose the Bolsheviks do manage to eke out a win because their opponents are still their opponents and master-class-blunderers such as Yudenich are given armies when they should not have been allowed to lead battalions.
The post-Civil War Soviet Union is a pariah state fermenting world wide rebellion and led by undomesticated zealots, and Lenin, who has a clue, but still has to rely on getting things done via a political leadership that is aces at smuggling his newspapers and speeches in their underwear across various European borders but not that good at actual administration beyond exercising theories gleaned from very thick books of very crazed Germans.
How good does Nicky look then as the Tsar Across the Water? The opposition would be fractured and the Socialist Revolutionaries and Constitutional Democrats would be at each other throats and write long articles full of Latin and French quotes on how Nicky is wrong for Russia, but at gut level, how many Russians would follow someone who has lawful legitimacy of a 300 year dynastic reign?
How would the Cossacks and the peasants react when told of a possibility of the Tsar the Good Father coming back?
Now, granted, Nicky could still screw it up. Would still probably screw it up. But let's not write him off as a non-factor. Plenty of men and women would have died for him, and did die for him, as a symbol of ancien regime.
Stalin killed Trotsky. He could certainly kill Alexei.
Stalin killed Trotsky. He could certainly kill Alexei.