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Negatives: - H ad an affair with Rasputin - Alexandra was a strong believer in the autocratic power of Tsardom and urged him to resist demands for political reform. This resulted in her becoming an unpopular person in Russia and this intensified during the First World War. - She did not follow the rules of the court - She often isolated herself from others - she lied about her son having hemophilia - little experience in government - lied to the russian people - known as a royal carrier of the hemophilia disease - was often left in control when her husband was fighting - born and raised in Germany (accused of collaboration with Germany) - had a terrible relationship with her mother-in-law Marie Feodorovona - continuously rejected and re-appointed ministers - listened to Rasputin's advice continously - was roman catholic and became russian orthodox

POSITIVES: - a good mother and a good wife - she grew up in England - always wanted to help others - her grandmother was Queen Victoria - kept her son’s hemophilia a secret for the Russian people - cared dearly for her family - actually fell in love with her husband instead of an arranged marraige - last Tsarina of Russia -

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