The saddest case of this must be that of Nicholas II, last of the Romanovs. He never asked or wanted to be tsar of Russia ... devoted to his family. But he was cursed with an unshakeable belief ...

spent 12 unforgettable days in Ceylon The final years of Tsarist Russia were tumultuous and violent. The October 1917 revolution, the civil war between the Bolsheviks and White Tsarist forces, and the ...

Nicholas II, his wife, Tsarina Alexandra, their five children and four loyal servants. Rappaport, a British author who’s written extensively about the former Imperial Family and the Russian ...

The tragic story of Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), the last Czar of Russia, set against the backdrop ... and the eventual execution of the entire family.

protests against food rationing broke out in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), triggering eight days of rioting that resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the end of the Russian monarchy.

Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate ... the religious needs of the city's growing Russian population. The church's onion domes, bright colors and ...

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively ... it led inevitably to disaster for the monarchy and for Russia. The imperial family was brought into disrepute as the Tsarina fell under the ...