As always, a superb masterclass presentation by the Russian History Museum, and wonderful talk by Dr Lohr. I am going to research his writings. Reading the diaries of Olga and Maria and other books by Helen Azar et al, hardly a day went by when the Romanov daughters were not involved in a religious prayer service or attending to the injured in their appointed infirmaries. If Rasputin had not been recuperating from his first assassination attempt by the deranged woman Cousseva, I am convinced that he may have been able to convince Nicholas not to mobilise and ’accept the challenge’ to go to war. I also wonder how much the (warmongering) Duma influenced Nicholas’ judgement. I have also come to the conclusion that Nicholas’ greatest mistake was to assume personal control (as Commander in Chief) of the armed forces. This put him in an operational (as against executive) role and left him vulnerable to the “Treason, Cowardice and Deceit” that was to engulf him and bring about the ritualistic murder of his family and many others.
As always, a superb masterclass presentation by the Russian History Museum, and wonderful talk by Dr Lohr. I am going to research his writings.
Reading the diaries of Olga and Maria and other books by Helen Azar et al, hardly a day went by when the Romanov daughters were not involved in a religious prayer service or attending to the injured in their appointed infirmaries.
If Rasputin had not been recuperating from his first assassination attempt by the deranged woman Cousseva, I am convinced that he may have been able to convince Nicholas not to mobilise and ’accept the challenge’ to go to war. I also wonder how much the (warmongering) Duma influenced Nicholas’ judgement.
I have also come to the conclusion that Nicholas’ greatest mistake was to assume personal control (as Commander in Chief) of the armed forces. This put him in an operational (as against executive) role and left him vulnerable to the “Treason, Cowardice and Deceit” that was to engulf him and bring about the ritualistic murder of his family and many others.
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