Nicholas II (1868-1918), crowned in 1894, was the last Russian emperor. Characterized by some as shy, weak, vacillating, and indecisive, he was nevertheless a stubborn supporter of the right of the sovereign under growing pressure for reform. Discontent at home, plus losses of territory and massive casualties in two wars, precipitated the February Revolution on March 12, 1917. Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917. In April 1918, the Bolshevik government moved him and the Imperial family to Vekaterinburg in the Urals, where they were executed on July 17, 1918, as anti-Bolshevik forces approached the city.

A fabulous, traditional Russian-Orthodox Byzantine icon in canonical iconographic style. Lithography, wood, gold-imprinting.

Blessed by the clergy at  Saviour Cathedral in Moscow.

This icon is a high-resolution lithography print on hardboard, embellished with light-reflecting gold and silve foil.