More than a century after the Russian Revolution, the downfall of the Romanov dynasty continues to fascinate and enthrall. The story itself, broadly familiar from popular treatments over the years ...

All this would suggest that the czar’s lack of competence and will doomed the Romanov dynasty, despite Nicholas II having survived Russia’s 1905 revolution, which had forced him to accept a ...

Nicholas Romanov, fifty years of age, late Tsar of All the Russias, carrying in his arms 2. The Tsarevitch, Alexis, a boy, of fourteen years, heir to the throne; 3. , Alexandra Feodorovna ...

The Romanov family ruled Russia from 1613 to ... dropped into it and still leave room for China and India. That last tsar, Nicholas II, ruled an empire that bordered Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan ...

Most Russians believe the murder of the last Russian Czar, Nicholas II, and his family members ... for the blunders and crimes committed by the Romanov family, has finally exhausted its credibility.

The Romanov sisters were the most photographed princesses of their day, yet the world knew very little of the four girls in the official portraits. The daughters of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of ...