This is the last entry from the diary of Tsarina Alexandra, the wife of Nicholas II, written just before she was executed by the Bolsheviks along with the rest of the royal family. The royal family was not always regarded with such disdain, and in fact, many Russian citizens once saw the Tsar, Nicholas II, as a paternal figure, appointed by God himself to lead the nation. The Tsar himself however, was indifferent to politics. In a private conversation with a friend he even said, “I am not prepared to be Tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruling,” and this attitude eventually caught up to the Tsar when the Bolsheviks finally overthrew the Romanov dynasty and placed the royal family under house arrest in
