TSAR NICHOLAS II SIGNED DOCUMENT ( SAINT / ROMANOV / RUSSIA )

Document in Russian signed by Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Russian Emperor, as (translated) "Nicholas" near bottom right. August 17, [1904?] Moscow, Russian Empire. Co-signed by an unidentified official below, near the handwritten docket. Partly printed and partly manuscript on heavyweight paper. 8.625" x 13.5".This royal signed decree represents an "ukaz," or official royal pronouncement (possibly considering a man of Italian decent).

Assassinated by the Bolsheviks. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as a Passion Saint in 2000.

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