Wrong! What he got instead was a loss against Japan and the revolution of 1905 which nearly toppled his regime.
错了,他输给了日本并且还引发了几乎使他的王朝走向灭亡的1905年的革命
Even Nicholas saw the First World War coming.
甚至尼古拉都预见到了一战的到来
He actually did everything in his power to avoid it.
他竭尽全力避免战争爆发
It would have been better for Russia had Nicholas seen the revolutions on the horizon too,
尼古拉要是也能够预见到革命的到来,对俄国来说就更好了
which the First World War didn't cause admittedly but merely sped up.
一战并没有直接导致革命但是加剧了革命的到来
Nicholas wasn't that bright.
尼古拉没那么聪明
4.The Rule of Law. After establishing an assembly called the Duma in his October 1905 Manifesto,
4.法制。在1905年建立了被称为杜马的立宪议会后
Nicholas the Second did everything in his power to undercut it.
尼古拉竭尽全力破坏议会制
So did his Prime Minister Piotr Stolypin.
首相斯托雷平也是如此
Some of the political parties cooperated with the government.
一些政治派别同意跟政府合作
Others, like the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks, opposed it bitterly.
另一些如布尔什维克和孟什维克坚决反对政府
Nicholas' government still held the military trump card over this sad attempt at democracy.
尼古拉政府手中始终握有军事牌