
10.25- Senseless Dreams
Revolutions
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I Want to Marry My Loved Fiancee Right Now
Nicholas the second became czar in 1894 and wanted to marry his fiancee, alexandra. But he was bullied into backing down by his overbearing uncles. The couple were married on november 20, sixth, 18 94 but there wasn't even a wedding reception for alexandra - she had only converted to orthodox christianity just weeks earlier. It was the worst possible way she could have become empress. Her new mother in law, nicholas's now ex-wife marie, took that final great step of becoming an Empress.
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