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The taxes they paid on both state and everyday items were increased and they had all their surplus grain sold abroad to pay off the interest payments on the loans from the Foreign Investors. Poor harvests in both 1900 and 1902 were the "icing on the cake" so to speak,
However being an intellectual was clearly not the only characteristic he needed to possess to run a vast country with a population of 160 million. Nicholas did not appear strong and powerful mentally, like his predecessors; he was intolerant of anyone outside his office and had an inability to make decisions.
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