The People Who Are Against You Are a Very Tiny Minority

Many le were trying to warn the czar of the danger he faced, but minister protopofo was working overtime to keep them in that bubble of placid ignorance. Alexander arranged an audience with the empress and told her, your interference with affairs of state is causing harm to nicky's prestige. Alexandra replied that nicholas was a divinely appointed autocrat and could not allow himself to sink to sharing power with any one. At this point, we are watching an unprecedented spectacle from above and below," writes Tolstoy.