Factual Summary of Events The image of Nicholas II that dominates historical memory is of a weak and witless ruler, ill equipped to cope with the challenges of bringing Russia into the modern age (Steinberg, 1995, p.30). ... His biographical annotations, which served as the basis for the glossary and for the notes to the documents in this volume, drew on a wide variety of archival and reference sources. ... "Unlike so much of the literature, it presents this tale without moral prejudice, allowing both the victims and the perpetrators to recount their parts in it in their own words."...

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