After the 1905 revolution, Russia was supposed to reform. Instead, Tsar Nicholas II shut down his own parliament, jailed his ...
Czar Nicholas II, Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov, known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from November 1, 1894 until his ...
Russia said on Wednesday that charred remains found in a pit belonged to Czar Nicholas II's only son and his daughter, exactly 90 years after the Bolsheviks shocked the world by murdering the last ...
Servicemen of the Wagner Group military company sit atop a tank as civilians pose for a photo at the headquarters of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June ...
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How Tsar Nicholas II Lost Control of His Own Empire

He was supposed to rule Russia with absolute power. Instead, millions of starving workers, brutal factory conditions, and one ...
MOSCOW — For nine decades after Bolshevik executioners gunned down Czar Nicholas II and his family, there were no traces of the remains of Crown Prince Alexei, the hemophiliac heir to Russia's throne.
Tourists curious about Russia's imperial past can now ride on a special train running through the Ural mountains along the ...
Members of Britain's royal family have spoken out this week against the advancing invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. But what are the family connections between the royals and Russia? Newsweek has ...
MOSCOW — The remains of the last czar’s son and heir to the Russian throne, missing since the royal family was gunned down nine decades ago by Bolsheviks in a basement room, may have been found, an ...
Living up to her reputation as the grandmother of Europe, Queen Victoria of England met with her granddaughter Tsarina Alexandra and Alexandra's husband, Tsar Nicholas II, after the couple welcomed ...
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov and his Italian bride, Victoria Romanovna Bettarini, exit St. Isaac's Cathedral following their wedding in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Charles Maynes | NPR) ST.