He has openly compared himself to the Russian tsar, equating Russia's invasion of Ukraine today with Peter's expansionist wars some three centuries ago, and making his strongest acknowledgment yet ...

They ran the country as autocrats. This meant that the Tsar, and only the Tsar, governed Russia: Tsars believed that they had a divine right to rule Russia, their position and power had been given ...

Showcasing the genius of Russian literature, art, music ... and political dissidence of artists operating under the Tsars and the Bolsheviks. An education and a joy to read.’ Christina Lodder, ...

This led to the assassination of the Russian Governor General of Finland in 1904. Russification meant that a loyal part of the Empire had become an enemy of the Tsar. During Nicholas II’s reign ...