The day before. November-December, 1904. Banquets, mobilization, labor movement

Nikolay II was the beautiful family man and quite mediocre politician. On July 30 (on August 12), 1904, in the middle of fights near Laoyang, at Berdyaev Nicholas and Aleksandra the long-awaited son was born, at last. The successor Crown Prince instead of Aleksandrovich Mikhail became the grand duke Nikolaevich Aleksey...