Though vested with absolute power, Tsar Nicholas II faced mounting unrest driven by poverty, harsh industrial conditions, and ...

After the 1905 revolution, Russia had a chance to reform, but Tsar Nicholas II undermined political change, crushed ...

Russia has exhumed the remains of Czar Nicholas II and his wife in a bid to identify their missing children Seven members of the Romanov family were killed in 1918, but only five were buried together ...

Romanov family members pay tribute to Nicholas II on 100th anniversary of his murder MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. The exhibition "Nicholas II. Family and Throne" has opened at the Russian State ...

The remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra have been exhumed as part of a Russian investigation into the Romanov royal family's murder. The couple and their children – Olga, Tatiana, Maria ...

Left: Tsar Nicholas II, the last reigning Emperor of Russia, photographed in 1912. Centre: Detail from a mosaic of Marco Polo, displayed in Genoa's Palazzo Doria-Tursi. Right: Detail from a sculpted ...

THE House of Romonov was once a powerful dynasty that ruled over Russia. Following Tsar Nicholas II’s abdication in 1917, he and his family were brutally executed by the Bolsheviks. Here we take a ...

For those readers who may not have followed the events: Matilda is a historical movie about the love affair of the future Tsar Nicholas II with the ballet dancer Matilda Kschessinka. The film covers ...

Tsar Nicholas II was the last monarch of Russia. He ruled from 1 November 1894 to 15 March 1915, when he was forced to leave his position and abdicate. His reign coincided with the demise of the once ...

In the first episode of The Last Czars, a new docuseries about the end of the Romanov dynasty, there's a scene where the camera zeroes in on Nicholas II's arm, revealing a large tattoo. It's a quick ...

It all started on April 27, 1891, when Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich II — heir to the Russian throne then held by his father, Alexander III — stepped onto the docks at Nagasaki Bay. The ...