The glorification of Tsar Nicholas II at the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000 raised with renewed vigor questions that our society did not fully answer either in the Soviet era or later: what kind of person was the last Russian emperor? What significance does it have for Russia? You can often hear that the tsar was glorified for "political" reasons, and the ruler was weak and an ordinary person. This book is published in the year of the 100th anniversary of the execution of the Royal Family. The reader is presented with three essays, sober and balanced, based solely on facts and living testimonies of people. The conclusion suggests itself: the glorification of the king was neither a mistake nor a matter of chance.Approved by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.