Andrey Aksenov. Lecture "Nicholas II: What Kind of Man Was He?" in New York 1 October 2026

Andrei Aksenov in New York. Lecture: “Nicholas II—What Kind of Man Was He?”

Andrei Aksenov is a history popularizer, host of the “Decline of an Empire” podcast, and a researcher of Russian Imperial culture.
A good family man and a poor ruler; so polite that he didn’t know how to say “no”; a lover of TV series, games, drinking, and hunting. How the character of the last Russian emperor led Russia to revolution—and Nicholas to sainthood.