Synopsis
Lucy describes Tsar Nicholas II's rise to power and how his faith and attention to detail distracted him from big decisions.
- Programme: Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley
- Episode: The Road to Revolution
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2016
- History | Russia, 1894-1945 | Tsardom and communism | Imperial Russia - government and people, 1894-1917
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