Nicholas II of Russia

== Nicholas II in Southern Victory Nicholas II (1868-1916) was Tsar of Russia during the Great War. In 1914, when Austria-Hungary issued a number of ultimata to Serbia following the assassination of Franz Ferdinand by a Serb in Sarajevo, Nicholas promised to support the Serbs should they refuse the ultimata. They did, and Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary, which had declared war on Serbia. The Great War followed, despite Nicholas's attempts to mediate a peace arrangement with his cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.

In 1916, Nicholas was assassinated by socialists when the Russian Revolution began. He would eventually be avenged by his brother, who would restore the Romanov dynasty as Tsar Mikhail II over a decade later.

Nicholas II in Worldwar
Nicholas II was assassinated in 1917. His assassins wiped out his family's line, overthrew his government, and set up the Soviet Union on the ashes of Russia in 1922.

In 1942, Fleetlord Atvar of the Race's Conquest Fleet was horrified to hear of the assassination from Soviet Foreign Commisar Vyacheslav Molotov, who had taken part in the Russian Revolution.