The Bolsheviks executed the last czar, Nicholas II, and the rest of his family, including his famous daughter Anastasia, 108 ...

In July 1914, Tsar Nicholas II stood at a crossroads: defend Serbia and risk a European war, or stand aside and lose Russia’s influence in the Balkans. Torn between duty, fear, and pride, Nicholas ...

More Russian than this it does not get: Tsar Nicholas II had renowned Fabergé designer Alma Pihl craft the egg for his mother, the Dowager Empress, as an Easter present in 1913. Here, the backstory.

The Romanov family rose to imperial power in Russia in the early 1600s, its rule passed down for more than 300 years until the compounding crises of World War I, political turmoil and public pushback ...

Tsar Nicholas II ruled with absolute power, but growing poverty, brutal working conditions, and political repression were steadily turning imperial Russia against him. The unrest exploded in 1905, ...