===== Points of Divergence : Nicholas II (of Russia) ===== 

Famous Russian tsar (18 May 1868 – 17 July 1918), the last of the Russian monarchs (1894-1917), overthrown in the two Russian revolution and Bolshevik revolution of 1917. He and his family were later executed by the Bolsheviks.


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====Possible PoDs involving this historical personality====

**October 17th, 1888** - A train wreck near Borki nearly kills the Russian royal family.

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-nicholas-ii-killed-in-japan.426226/|WI: Nicholas II killed in May 1891 in Japan by policeman Tsuda Sanzo ?]]**

**November 23rd, 1898** - Unsuccessful attempt to wreck the Tsar's train as he returned from Copenhagen.

**November 1900** - Tsar seriously ill with typhoid.

**January 6th, 1905** - During a ceremony at the Winter Palace, a cannon salute fires live ammunition instead of blanks at the Tsar's party.

**September 11th, 1907** - The Tsar's yacht "Standart" runs aground on rocks off the Finnish coast.

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180891|WI Nicholas II decided make big reforms in Russia earlier ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/tsar-nicholas-has-a-healthy-son.404248/|Tsar Nicholas has a healthy son]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-nicholas-ii-died-at-the-front-in-wwi.392900/|WI Nicholas II died at the front in WWI ?]]**

**[[http://digi20.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb00048272_00001.html|Tsar Nikolai drops Rasputin]]** (German)

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==== See Also ====

**[[Russia|Russian Points of Divergence]]**

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