25 PHOTOS of Tsar Nicholas II you've never seen before

Nicholas II with members of his entourage at breakfast in the forest, 1895

Emperor Nicholas II on horseback. Tsarskoe Selo, 1900s

Nicholas II being greeted at Suwalki Station (now in Poland), 1904

Prayer service in the St. George Hall of the Winter Palace on the occasion of the inauguration of the State Council and the State Duma on April 27, 1906

Arrival of the tsar's train and greeting Nicholas II in Racconigi, Italy, 1909

Nicholas II in Racconigi, Italy, 1909

Nicholas II canoeing with His Imperial Majesty's Retinue officers during a vacation in Skerries, Grand Duchy of Finland, 1909

Nicholas II smoking on the deck of his ‘Standart’ yacht with Baron Vladimir Fredericks, Minister of the Court, 1910

Emperor Nicholas II inspecting the sailors of the ‘Ukraina’ Imperial naval destroyer, 1910s

Arrival of Emperor Nicholas II in Sevastopol, 1910s

Nicholas II chatting with Princess Zinaida Yusupova in Yalta, 1911

Emperor Nicholas II strolling with Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France, as well as Grand Duchesses and the tsar’s entourage. Tsarskoe Selo, 1910s

Nicholas II listening to a report. Tsarskoye Selo, 1911

Nicholas II, Court Minister Frederiks and military men attending a prayer service, 1911

Nicholas II sampling food on the deck of a ship, 1912

Nicholas II sampling food for sailors, 1912

Emperor Nicholas II and Tsesarevich Alexei reviewing the armies in Livadia, Crimea, 1912

Nicholas II and heir Alexei standing in the Livadia Palace courtyard, Crimea, 1910-1914

Nicholas II talking to a civilian in the Livadia Palace courtyard, Crimea, 1910-1914

Nicholas II posing with a deer he just hunted down. Tsarskoye Selo, 1912

Nicholas II riding off in a sleigh after visiting a church, 1913

The emperor participating in laying the foundation of the St. Nicholas church in the yard of the barracks of the 4th Life Guards of the Imperial Rifle Regiment in Tsarskoye Selo, 1913

Nicholas II with his daughter, Grand Duchess Tatiana, and two unknown people after a game of tennis, 1913

Nicholas II talking to a priest of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra during the 300th-anniversary celebrations of the Romanov House, 1913

Nicholas II with Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich and a group of military men in Tsarskoye Selo, 1915-1916