Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov was born on the 18th May 1868 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and he deceased when he was 50 years old, on the 17th July 1918 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. He was the last Tsar, Nicholai 11, and was executed after the Russian Revolution by the Bolsheviks. He was on the throne from 1894 to 1917.
Have you ever wondered how rich was Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov? Sources estimate that Romanov’s net worth was over $300 billion, with the main source of this amount of money being his regency as the Emperor of Russia, since he inherited the throne and the net worth, after the death of his father, effectively continuing a feudal system.
Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov Net Worth $300 Billion
Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov was the eldest son of Alexander III and Maria Fyodorovna. On his christening, the title which was given to him was His Imperial Highness Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia. Nikolai was under the strong influence of his father. When he was only 13 years old, his grandfather Alexander II was murdered and his father inherited the throne, and Nikolai became heir apparent. By the age of 19, he had become very passionate about the military, so he joined the army.
Nikolai`s reign began in 1894 and lasted until 1917, and during his reign Russian empire was in constant economic growth, including the Trans-Siberian Railway being constructed, which only increased his popularity within the people of Russia, and which temporarily secured his position as the Tsar. However, he wasalso focused on retaining positive relationships with the countries of Europe, mainly France.
Meantime, on the east side of the country, with the beginning of the 1900s, Japan attacked Russia, and its territory in the Far East. The end of war came in 1905, with the Portsmouth Treaty, after the Japanese had totally devastated Russia`s navy at the Battle of Tsushima. From that point, the stability of Nikolai`s reign began to decrease, and with new bad decisions and laws, the Russian Revolution commenced/
In 1905, workers started a peaceful demonstrations, as they weren’t satisfied with new laws, and sought better working conditions. However, on Sunday 9th January, workers marched through the city with religious banners and flags, shouting “God Save The Tsar”. The goal of the group was to enter the Winter Palace and give Nikolai the petition of the workers, but as they came near the palace, the police opened fire on the crowd, and the results were catastrophic. The event was later called Bloody Sunday, as 92 people died, and more than a hundred wounded.
After that event, the people continued to agitate against him, but he managed to remain as Tsar until 1917, including latterly a disastrous involvement in World War One He finally stepped down, after Duma was formed and chose its own provisional committee built of progressive bloc members. However, the triumph of Bolshevism saw his total demise. His whole his family was executed on the 17th July 1918 in Yekaterinburg, Russia, by Bolsheviks controlled by Vladimir Lenin.
The abrupt end of his life led eventually to his canonization, and in 1981 he was recognized as a martyred saint, alongside his wife and his children, and two decades later in 2000, he was titled as passion-bearer by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Chucrch.
If to talk about Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov’s personal life, in 1894 he married Her Ducal Highness Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt of Germany, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, with whom he had five children – Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana, Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duchess Anastasia and Tsarevitch Alexei.
