Did you watch the 1997 classic “Anastasia” as a kid? We’re willing to bet the villain Rasputin – who sells his soul to kill the Romanov family in the movie – showed up in your nightmares.

Did you watch the 1997 classic “Anastasia” as a kid? We’re willing to bet the villain Rasputin – who sells his soul to kill the Romanov family in the movie – showed up in your nightmares.

The Russian Revolution happened over 100 years ago, at the tail end of World War I. After centuries of being ruled by a ...

Grigory Rasputin, born in western Siberia ... she reluctantly told the authorities she was Anastasia Romanov and recounted a detailed story of how she had escaped the slaughter.

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Long before the Dianas and Kates and Meghans of the royal world, the ...

For more than a century since the Russian Revolution, the mystery and romance of the bygone Romanov era has continued to ...

The legend of the Romanov who reputedly escaped ... which starred Meg Ryan as Anastasia and which also featured Rasputin as the baddie. He is absent here. It’s also based on the 1956 movie ...

Anastasia Romanov, the last of her line ... they’re no longer being chased by Rasputin, but a young man named Gleb, working for the new regime in Russia. Though some new songs were added ...

How this lowly peasant and former horse dealer achieved such unique access to the reclusive Romanovs alarmed the imperial inner circle, who demonized Rasputin and those who followed him.

They spread poisonous smears about Alexandra and Rasputin that gravely undermined Romanov prestige. And they urged the czar ...