Tyrannical leaders eventually fall as their rule collapses around them. Resistance is always present and oppressive power is ...

The dramatic end of Nicholas II’s reign in Russia was one of the turning points of the early 20th century. Could he have ...

Maria Rasputin, born Matryona Rasputin in 1899, initially lived in the village of Pokrovskoe. Her father, Grigori Rasputin, ...

The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia for centuriesThe ... The nonconformity of the people had already taken the life of one tsar, Nicholas II's grandfather, Alexander II, who was assassinated in ...

That said, Russians generally see Nicholas II in a positive light (43 ... of revenge for the blunders and crimes committed by the Romanov family, has finally exhausted its credibility.

Three hundred years of Romanov rule came to an end with Nicholas IIÍs abdication in 1917. After the Bolshevik Party came to power in October of that year, many powerful Romanovs were assassinated ...

But it wasn’t the sword of fate that struck down Imperial Russia as much as its “blinkered faith in autocracy” and the inept leadership of Tsar Nicholas II, the last ruler of the Romanov dynasty. In ...

The Romanov sisters were the most photographed princesses of their day, yet the world knew very little of the four girls in the official portraits. The daughters of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of ...

Romanov Empire website Saint Nicholas, Africa's proposed first 'smart city' They also raised concerns about the environmental and financial implications of the artificial islands project.