On February February 19, 1861 Czar Alexander II emancipated Russia’s serfs. Historian John Schmidt explains how it happened. PHOTO: Czar Alexander II of Russia (Wikimedia Commons) ...

This mounted portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News shortly after Czar Alexander II assumed the throne of Russia. John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on ...

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In October, Patriarch Kirill I asked the government to do comparative genetic studies of the remains of Czar Nicholas and his father, Alexander III. The Russian Orthodox Church believes positive ...