QUESTION+ANSWERS+DEFENSE

Q QDefense Questions Q:How did you feel about your coronation? A: I felt terrible and I did not want to continue on with it. Q: Then why did you continue? A: My elders and advisers told me to and for my first day in rule I did not want to disregard my advisers. Q:Why did you kill protesters on Bloody Sunday? A: I did not give the order. Q:What do you mean? A: I left for the Alexander palace figuring that the protests were under control. Apparently after my departure the soldiers felt rising tension and out of fear shot the protesters. Q: So that was not your order? A:NEVER Q: Did you trust Rasputin? A: No, but as you all know my son gets very sick and he helped him feel better. Although I didn't trust him my son needed him. Q:Why did you take over rule of the military? A: I did not think my uncle was doing a good job so I thought my help was most needed on the front lines. Q: Is it true that you felt that you never thought you could match your father's standards, like you would never be good enough? A: yes I felt that my father was such a strong man who never let things effect him and I was more emotional, and let things bother me more.

Questions for the Tsar:

**Lenin wants you executed, do you plea guilty?** Yes.


 * 1) Why do you feel that you were a good emperor?

I tried a lot and I tried to be a good leader.


 * 1) What happened when you visited Japan?

They attacked me.


 * 1) You started a violent war against Japan, why?

They attacked first.


 * 1) You caused more tension in the country, was it worth starting a war?

No


 * 1) Did you give direct orders to soldiers on Bloody Sunday?

No, but they blamed me for the deaths.


 * 1) Instead of listening to the people’s problems, you fled. However, isn’t a Tsar supposed to help the country with their needs?

I should have, but they were all angry with me.


 * 1) How come your wife did not like the Duma?

She didn’t like the government.


 * 1) You being the Tsar, dissolved the Duma 3 times causing more tension, why?

I did not like the Duma.


 * 1) You put over 100,000 people in the Battle of Tannenberg, yet you weren’t ready, if it were your own child, would you put them in the war knowing they would most likely die?

I had to do what was right; I would never want my son to die.

10. How does it make you feel that many didn’t like your wife because she was German?

They didn’t give her a fair chance.

11.Your own people, revolted against Russia, do you take responsibility for it?

Yes, they didn’t like the way I ruled.

12.Why did you abdicate?

The people were angry with me so I had to.

13.Kerensky put you under house arrest, why?

He did not like what I was doing.

Q: In your point of view how did your coronation go?
 * A: I thought it was horrible what happened to those people, yet I did not show the public that. I listened to the elder officials on the matter and continued to the ball.

Q: Why did you not tell the country about your son’s disease?
 * A: I did not want them to worry about their next heir to the throne. I wanted them to believe that he was going to be just as strong as anyone ruler. I thought that if they knew they would not respect him, and people would not look up to him.

Q: What happened on bloody Sunday?
 * I never gave the order to fire. The officers went into a panic and opened fire on the crowd of people, it was easier to the press and public to blame me when in reality there is no known evidence to show I was the one who gave the order.

Q: Did you every consider listening to other people's opinions?
 * Yes I did, I decided to put up and elected body of officials called the Duma so that the common people could get there opinions put in somewhere.

Q: Why did you abdicate?
 * Because all of my highest officials told me to abdicate they told me it would be a good idea.

Q: What happened in Japan?
 * We underestamated Japan, they attacked first and we thought they would be an easy win but clearly we were wrong.

Q: What is your point of view on Rasputin?
 * Rasputin is not my friend. I did not trust him. I only aloud him in my home because my wife trusted him ad believe he was the only one who could help our son. He seemed to have a calming affect on my son when he was ill so that was another reason he was keep around.

Q: Did you think people were trustful of your wife being German?
 * I think they trusted her, they just did not like that fact that she was German.

Q: When people Revolted did you think it was time for change?
 * I tried to do everything in my power to help but it was hard since I was at the front lines.

Q: How did you react to the revolutions?
 * I left my wife in charge, I did not pay them much atention as needed.

Q: Where you a good father?
 * I think I was, I loved all my children and tried to give them the best life possible.

Q: Did you ignore the working class?
 * No, I tried to help the working class, there was just not enough bread to go around.

Q: What was your education like?
 * I had some of the most finest education in all of Russia, and some even say I was the most educated ruler of all of Russia's history.