This essay will attempt to compare, contrast and analyse just how significant a part the coronation played in the downfall of the last Tsar of Russia, all the while discussing and debating the different personalities, reactions, and/or lack thereof displayed through the lens of various sources, authors, and critics.
The coronation itself was an event of immense luxury, as grand duke Konstantin mentions in his personal diary entries, Nicholas’s cousin glorifies the arrivals of the court musicians, golden coaches, the horses draped with golden cloths, and the embroidered uniforms of the Tsar, his wife, and his …show more content…
The Tsar claiming it left an “ugly expression”, possibly emphasising how the Tsar was more concerned with the image of his regime rather than the actual citizens that perished. “Nicholas II himself didn’t visit Khodynka field after the tragedy and didn’t hold a memorial service, which was expected of him. He did not even express his words of sympathy. He did not stop the celebrations in honour of the coronation. And soon he simply left Moscow. No mourning, no visits to monasteries. People never forgave Nicholas II for that.” It also well documented that Nicholas was obliged to attend a ball at the French embassy that night, but Nicholas believed it to be distasteful to attend after the prior events, however, Nicholas was informed that his absence would not go over well with the French, Nicholas attended to appease the French, this supposed side of the Tsar wasn’t obvious to the public who were becoming increasingly irritated by his supposed lack of compassion. This callousness displayed by the Tsar wasn’t a solitary expression in the inner court, grand duke Konstantin was exceptionally loyal to the Tsar, “his face had an expression of piety and supplication,” and “the young Tsarina is the embodiment of kindness and goodness,” this seemed to contradict what some thought of the Tsarina, “What a woman she was, an empress to her fingernails. She had the whip hand all right. Nicholas couldn’t even blow