July 17th has witnessed some of the most pivotal moments in global history, spanning scientific triumphs, political ...

Orlando Figes reviews book The Escape of Alexei, Son of Tsar Nicholas II: What Happened the Night the Romanov Family Was Executed, by Vadim Petrov, Igor Lysenko and Georgy Egorov (M) By Orlando Figes ...

Tsar Nicholas II Romanov of Russia, Empress Alexandra with their children: Maria, Tatiana, Olga, Anastasia and Alexei, circa 1912. By Storm Gifford PUBLISHED: July 19, 2020 at 7:01 AM EDT ...

His travels took him to St. Petersburg in 1903, and two years later he was introduced to the royal family. Czar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra called upon Rasputin to heal their son Alexei, who ...

Even the Soviets had a Romanov thing: six decades after murdering Tsar Nicholas II and his family in a basement, they invested millions of rubles to build a replica of his dynasty’s beloved ...

A century after the brutal murders of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Alexandra, and their five children (Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei), the execution of the Russian imperial ...

Czar Nicholas II, Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov, known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from November 1, 1894 until ...

In a stunning announcement, the Russian Investigative Committee has confirmed that bones discovered in a forest near the city of Yekaterinburg are those of Russia’s last tsar Nicholas II, his ...

Yeltsin, in Reversal, Will Attend Rite for Czar and Family. Russian Pres Boris N Yeltsin reverses himself, saying he will attend elaborate and much-debated interment of Czar Nicholas II, most of ...