Vladimir Putin has compared himself to czarist predecessors like Peter the Great. But historians say he more closely resembles Nicholas II, whose war against Japan was a disaster.

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

After relatively successful campaigns in the Caucasus and Crimea that had boosted his forefathers’ popularity, Czar Nicholas II attacked Japan in 1904.

Nicholas soon had to sign a treaty giving the people more power, lessening his power. Nicholas finally abdicated his throne, giving the power to the Soviets. On July 16, 1918, Nicholas II was executed ...

His verdict is unambiguously damning. Since 1905 and the simultaneous Bloody Sunday massacre of peaceful protestors and loss of the war against Japan, Nicholas’s prestige had plummeted.

Hong Kong pop diva Faye Wong, 56, and her boyfriend, 45-year-old actor Nicholas Tse, were spotted traveling together from Beijing to Japan, a destination the couple frequently visits.

The dramatic end of Nicholas II’s reign in Russia was one of the turning points of the early 20th century. Could he have avoided his downfall?

An American bomb dropped on Japan during World War II recently exploded after lying dormant for roughly 80 years. The 500-pound bomb detonated on Wednesday at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern ...

Tsar Nicholas II was advised by Plehve, the Minister of the Interior, that a national victory would lessen the growing opposition to Tsarist rule. It was an opportunity to heighten patriotic ...

Following their notable victory in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Japan found itself at odds with the might of Tsar Nicholas II's Russia.

In May 1891, Crown Prince Nicholas of Russia (the future Nicholas II) was attacked with a sword by one of the Japanese policemen escorting him in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, while returning to Kyoto ...