Chapter 18 Tsarist Russia is doomed

In the history of the world, Tsarist Russia is definitely an existence that cannot be ignored.But the once invincible tsar was hit by an incredible prophecy and was completely defeated in the First World War, thus embarking on the road of extinction. This matter starts with the illness of the prince of Tsarist Russia. At that time, Nicholas II's queen was Princess Alexandra from Germany, but the noble princess's family had a genetic disease-hemophilia.People with this disease are congenitally deficient in coagulation factors, so as long as there is a slight wound on the skin, the blood will not stop.There is even a risk of death due to excessive blood loss. Everyone will turn pale when they hear about this disease.

Unfortunately, after Alexandra married Nicholas II, she passed this family disease on to their son, Alexei, the only heir to the Tsar. One day in 1907, Alexei suddenly fell ill, and all the doctors in the court were helpless.Seeing that the prince was about to die, Nicholas II was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.Just at this time, a prophet Rasputin who claimed to be from Siberia appeared mysteriously, and also mysteriously cured the crown prince's illness. The Tsar and his wife were greatly moved, and they believed in Rasputin's words from then on. They almost regarded the prophet as a god.Rasputin is also a scheming person. Relying on his status in the palace, he quickly formed a clique and took a lot of real power into his own hands.Later, he also intervened in political affairs, acting like a national teacher, and the court ministers and nobles had to be afraid of him because of Nicholas II's face.

In 1916, Nicholas II was leading the army to fight in Germany when he suddenly received a letter from Rasputin.In the letter, Rasputin made some seemingly absurd and outrageous predictions.He said that he had received a revelation from God that someone would assassinate him at the end of this year, so he wrote this letter to ask the Tsar to forgive him for not being able to serve them anymore.When Nicholas II was confused, Rasputin continued in the letter that if he was killed by a peasant, then the tsar could continue to be in power for a few more years; and if he was killed by a nobleman, I am afraid that the tsar's empire will soon collapse, and the happy life of the tsar's family will last no more than two years.

In the end, he seemed to have received an oracle and said that he hoped to be buried near Nicholas II's palace after his death, so that his soul would continue to guard the Tsar's family.At the same time, he also cursed the murderer who killed him. Rasputin said that the murderer would die soon after killing himself. But the Tsar did not take this letter to heart. For him, the current war situation is the real concern.Moreover, he had just won a big victory, and the result of Rasputin's prophecy that Tsarist Russia would be destroyed would probably not happen.As a result, the letter was shelved by Nicholas II, who only sighed softly, as if to lament such a prophecy.

However, everything that happened afterwards was exactly as Rasputin expected. In December of this year, Rasputin was killed by nobleman Supolov and others. It didn't take long for bad luck to befall Nicholas II. In March of the following year, the famous February Revolution broke out. The army and the people united against the rule of the tsar, and the entire capital was in the hands of the provisional government formed by the rebel army.After hearing the news, Nicholas II hurried back from the front line and mobilized troops to suppress the rebels, but this time the suppression was not only unsuccessful, even he himself became a prisoner of the rebels.Under the persecution of the rebel army, he had to announce his abdication.

After that, the October Revolution broke out in 1917, the world's first Soviet regime was established, and a socialist country was born. On July 16, 1918, the White Army attacked the city where the Tsar was under house arrest in the name of the Tsarist, and tried to rescue the Tsar's family in order to restore it.Facing the critical situation, the Soviet regime decided to execute the Tsar's family after deliberation.As a result, Nicholas II's family was secretly executed. Before he died, Nicholas II remembered the prophecy letter that Rasputin had written to him, and he couldn't help regretting it.

Historians believe that most of the reasons for ending the collapse of Tsarist Russia are due to the fact that Rasputin won the favor of Nicholas II and acted as a domineering blessing, which eventually aroused the dissatisfaction of the nobles.The appearance of Rasputin was like an accelerator for the demise of Tsarist Russia. Although it played a role in promoting it, the tyranny of Nicholas II was the root cause. With complaints from all walks of life across the country and domestic conflicts reaching their peak, the appearance of Rasputin greatly exacerbated various conflicts. Russia was already on the verge of collapse, and the collapse of the Tsarist government was a matter of time.

Therefore, scholars generally believe that Rasputin's prophecy is not credible. Although the historical development trend mentioned in the prophecy is not much different from the final historical facts, they seem to be more willing to understand it as Rasputin. Putin found out his own conscience, and thus felt that someone would kill him.At that time, the person who could kill him could only be an aristocrat with real power in his hands, not a commoner. Rasputin's letter to Nicholas II is more like a big lie, so that he can seek the protection of the Tsar.Even then, it is likely that someone wanted to kill Rasputin.But why did this "fabricated" prophecy not differ much from the track of history in the end?