The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.

For over 300 years, the Romanov family ruled over the Russian Empire.

After the Communist Revolution,

Zar Nicholas II abbicated the throne

and he and his family were placed under house arrest

where they ultimately met a grisly fate.

For decades after their deaths, the world wondered what happened to them until their bodies were discovered and identified 80 years later.

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Nicholas II was not what you would call a great ruler.

As the air apparent to the Russian throne, he spent a great deal of time on pursuits like hunting and partying.

He travelled around Europe on a grand tour and then found himself very unprepared when he assumed the throne at the age of 24 in 1896.

Nicholas was simply not prepared to be czar,

and his mismanagement of Russia over the next 20 years

led to an overall decline in the country.

As the rest of Europe industrialized, Russia remained overall decline in the country.

As the rest of Europe industrialized, Russia remained a stagnant agricultural economy.

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