<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia" id="mwug" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nicholas II of Russia">Nicholas II</a> becomes the new (and last) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russian Empire">Tsar of Russia</a> after his father, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Russia" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alexander III of Russia">Alexander III</a>, dies.