News about Romanov Family, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The opposition forces in Moscow flocked to the White House in support of Russian president Boris Yeltsin. Two days later the coup collapsed. I was in Moscow during those days and recall the sense of ...

Once the most powerful family in Russia, the Romanovs fell victim to revolution, captivity, and a violent end that sparked a century of conspiracy theories.

In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait Gallery. The museum is dedicated to telling the stories of individuals who have shaped ...

Russian President Boris Yeltsin marveled at the thousands of products available in 1989 — more, he said, than top Soviet leaders could access — and the lack of long lines, an ever-present ...

Boris Yeltsin's departure paved the way for his chosen successor, Vladimir Putin. Dina Newman spoke to the former Russian president's widow, Naina Yeltsina, about that day.

The events described in Netflix’s ‘The Last Czars,’ i.e. the Russian revolution and the murder of the Russian Imperial family, were in reality so complex and multi-layered they simply cannot ...

At the time of their accession, Boris Yeltsin was approaching the end of his eight years in office as Russia’s first President following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Reds versus Whites A masterpiece in porcelain replays old struggles between Bolshevik and Czarist opponents ...

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