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, and there is no evidence that he relished a position he inherited ...

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.

Tsar Nicholas II Romanov of Russia, Empress Alexandra with their children: Maria, Tatiana, Olga, Anastasia and Alexei, circa 1912.

The remains of Czar Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra, and three of their five children were identified after exhaustive DNA tests in Britain and the U.S.

Since the Russian Orthodox Church canonized Nicholas II, he can also be named “the richest saint in history.” The Tsar, however, was not as wealthy as many believe, and we’ll explain why.

After Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed by Bolshevik revolutionaries early on the morning of July 17, 1918, a collection of the royal family's personal photographs was smuggled out of ...

A new exhibition spotlights Natalia Pavlovna Paley, the granddaughter of a czar. She built a new life for herself in France and the U.S., appearing in films and on the pages of glossy magazines ...

Tsar Nicholas II (center) with his wife Tsarina Alexandra and their son Alexis (being held by a Cossack) during celebrations at the Kremlin to mark the Romanov family's 300 years in power.

Czar Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, by nearly all accounts, was a decent fellow who had absolutely no business ruling an outhouse, much less the largest country in the world. He did as much ...

Royalist supporters stand in the street with portraits of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra during the burial ceremony of the tsar's family remains in 1998.