Why did Nicholas II renounce the throne?

            Alexander Vild
       (Author's translation from Russian)

   On March 2 (15), 1917, Emperor Nicholas II "abdicated" the throne. Did this most important event actually take place, which largely predetermined the fate of Russia?

   There was no so-called abdication of Emperor Nicholas II. The “Manifesto on renunciation” is, in the opinion of the PHD in History Peter Multatuli, an absolute fake. Emperor Nicholas II was overthrown, in fact, he was imprisoned and was under the threat of blackmail that a front would be opened, a civil war would begin, and he would be guilty of it. Therefore, what happened is nothing more than a coup d'etat. After all, the Provisional Government on March 2, 1917, before the official abdication, which they announced already at their first meeting, spoke of the "former emperor", that Nicholas II and Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich should be expelled from Russia. That there will be no more State Duma. Officially, even according to their conversations, everything was to be decided by the Constituent Assembly. They had already decided everything long before the so-called renunciation.

   The abdication of the throne is a lie. This is an absolutely untenable document.

   By the way, we do not know how the "renunciation" actually took place. The sovereign wanted to break free from captivity and therefore could sign, in principle, any paper. There is a telegram allegedly written by his hand: "I am ready to abdicate in favor of my son during the regency of Mikhail Alexandrovich, and so that my son would remain with us."

   But this did not suit the conspirators, they did not need the abdication of Nicholas II and the accession to the throne of another tsar. They needed the complete destruction of the monarchy. And this could only be done when the throne was transferred to Mikhail Alexandrovich - a man who had neither a legitimate empress nor a legitimate heir.

   The paper is printed on at least three typewriters. In violation of all applicable standards for the design of the highest manifestos. The signature of Count Fredericks was first applied with some kind of dye, then over the dye it was written in ink. Then the emperor's signature was simply stuck. A3 format document, cardboard, in the form of a booklet. Well, was it  impossible for him to sign on the back? Why was it necessary to write it down on one sheet?

   Most importantly, everyone who saw the procedure - Shulgin and other people - says that the manifesto was signed on telegraph quarters. What is a telegraph quarter? This is a small piece of paper. And here we see one large sheet. There are a number of subscriptions, amendments, subtends.

   Two things stand out. The first was when the sovereign allegedly agreed to abdicate. The fact is that the text that is presented as a renunciation is written in the rate. Written by chamberlain Nikolai Bazili under the act of General Alekseev. The first time such a text was about the introduction of a responsible ministry. Then he was corrected and a renunciation was made in favor of the Tsarevich. Then it was already remade as a renunciation in favor of the Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich. No generals were present there. There was a conspirator - General Ruzsky.

   On the night of July 17, 1918, in the Ipatiev house in Yekaterinburg, Nicholas II, his wife and five children were awakened in the middle of the night and brought to the basement. Alexandra Fedorovna and her sick son Alexei were seated on chairs, the rest of the royal family remained standing by the wall. Commandant Yakov Yurovsky, behind whom was a firing squad, read out the harsh sentence. Briefly and formally - the perpetrators of the cruel reprisal did not want to hesitate a minute. The deposed emperor and his family did not even have time to grasp the meaning of Yurovsky's words. "What?" - Nicholas could only utter perplexedly, as his exclamation was drowned in the deafening noise of indiscriminate firing. It was all over.

   
   In all fairness, it should be admitted that the British government made an attempt to save Nicholas.

   On March 22, 1917, the country's cabinet of ministers officially announced that Great Britain was ready to host the royal family. However, a week later, George V began to doubt the advisability of such a bold decision. Through his prime minister, he strongly advised the British Foreign Secretary to reconsider his position on the Romanovs issue.

   King George V of Great Britain, like other monarchs of Europe, was afraid of discontent and revolutionary uprisings in his country. Thus, he simply had to sacrifice his cousin to keep the monarchy.