Part A-1: Character Attitudes and Abilities of Nicholas II

Part A-1: Character Attitudes and Abilities of Nicholas II

1. Was a man of weakness and limited outlook

2. Weak willed and of limited intelligence

3. Was going to continue the autocratic ideology of his father, Alexander III, and also had ideas instilled in him by his personal childhood tutor, Pobedonostsev.

4. Easily influenced by those close to him: E.g. his wife, the Tsarina, Alexandra; Pobedonostsev.

5. Nicholas felt he had been put in place by God, and so had a divine right to rule (which was backed up by the Russian Orthodox Church).

6. Was a bad decision maker, which was made worse by those surrounding him not highlighting bad decisions (Yes Men).