March 15 marked the 100th anniversary of the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. The milestone has attracted little notice. It is the opinion of most historians that Nicholas was a failure: ...

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 ...

Known as the last emperor of Russia's ruling family, the Romanovs, Nicholas II was a first cousin of King George V. A self-described autocrat who cared little for others' views, the Tsar's troublesome ...

This is how Russian Emperor Nicholas II reacted to troubling news delivered by Chairman of the State Duma Mikhail Rodzianko, who on Feb. 26, according to the Old Style calendar (March 11 ...

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 ...

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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.” ...

He was crowned in the Uspensky Cathedral in the Kremlin on July 11,1613. The Romanov family ... which continued through Alexander III and Nicholas II, the last tsar. Alexander III (ruled 1881 ...

The Empire did not have an elected parliament (until 1905) and there were no elections for positions in the government. There were no legal or constitutional methods by which Tsarist power could ...

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 ...