I didn’t realize that viciously incompetent and Tyrannical was still the current story. Considering it originated with the Soviets. Who had every incentive to lie.

Many other Accounts of Russian expats, Former White Army Republicans, and other refugees from the region who wouldn’t necessarily have the same incentive of the Monarchists to gloss over his failures paint the Tsar as a fundamentally decent man. If incredibly Naive. At least when compared to the standards of previous Russian Tsars at any rate. Being left incredibly unprepared for rule by the untimely death of his father. Who pulled the classic “I’ll start showing you how to do stuff and play politics later. Enjoy your youth.” And then he died in his late 40s. Leaving the 26 year old Nicholas to figure shit out.