By Tsarizm Staff | October 31, 2020

Tsar Nicholas II reviewing the troops
Tsar Nicholas II reviewing the troops

More than 100 years after the Russian Revolution brought his reign to an end, people can’t get enough of Russia’s last tsar — or, more specifically, his butt.

Thousands of Twitter users, some thirstier than others, are going crazy over a set of newly resurfaced photos that show Nicholas II swimming nude during a trip to Finland in 1912, buttocks and all.

The photos, which were released in 2018 as part of RT and the Russian State Archive’s #Romanov100 project that marked the 100th anniversary of the executions of the Romanov family, spread like wildfire after digital photo colorist Marina Amaral tweeted them on Thursday evening. Amaral’s tweet now has more than 12,000 likes…

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