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title: Tsar Nicholas II Under House Arrest
author: Bain News Service
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20601/tsar-nicholas-ii-under-house-arrest/
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updated: 2026-01-11
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# Tsar Nicholas II Under House Arrest
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20601.png)
## Image Caption
A 1917 photograph of ex-[Tsar Nicholas II](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tsar_Nicholas_II/) (reign 1894-1917) while under house arrest on the orders of the Bolshevik government. Nicholas here wears his military uniform, but his decision to appoint himself commander-in-chief of the Russian armed forces during the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1914-18) proved disastrous and was one of the main reasons he was obliged to abdicate.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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