We explain the causes of Tsar Nicholas II's growing unpopularity - the role of the mysterious Siberian mystic Rasputin, Russia's disastrous involvement in World War One, and the events on the ...

YEKATERINBURG, February 25. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Emperor Nicholas II’s youngest daughter, Grad Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, might have escaped execution in 1918, lived up to 83 years and died ...

On July 17, 1918, the House of Romanov came to an end when Nicholas II - the former tsar of imperial Russia - was gunned down alongside his wife and children in a surprise execution. The slaying of ...

COPENHAGEN, January 11. /TASS/. Prince Dimitri Romanov, the oldest relative of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, was laid to rest at the Vedbaek cemetery 20 km north of the Danish capital on ...

In January 1917, the Russian empire is still governed by the all-powerful Tsar Nicholas II -- one man, answerable only to God, who rules more than 170 million people. The Tsar's armies have grown ...

The story itself, broadly familiar from popular treatments over the years, is well told by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa in “The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs.” ...

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively. He made poor decisions that led to worsening relations with the government and increased hardship for civilians and soldiers alike. Nicholas ...

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 ...

Silvestri is an accomplished actor who specializes in international character accents and styles, and his Nicholas is believable. Jonathan Silvestri is Tsar Nicholas II and Hershey Felder is ...