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 ...

Her son Paul I restored the succession of oldest sons to the throne, which continued through Alexander III and Nicholas II, the last tsar. Alexander III (ruled 1881 Ü 1894) began a web of ...

Dr. Tony Donaldson revisits a forgotten episode in Sri Lanka’s history when Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, spent 12 unforgettable days in Ceylon The final years of Tsarist Russia were ...

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 ...

The Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II, Lenin, and the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty Posted: March 11, 2025 | Last updated: March 11, 2025 The film discusses the importance of civil defense in the ...

Left: Tsar Nicholas II, the last reigning Emperor of Russia, photographed in 1912. Centre: Detail from a mosaic of Marco Polo, displayed in Genoa's Palazzo Doria-Tursi. Right: Detail from a sculpted ...

Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate building not only to honor the late tsarevich but also to accommodate the religious needs of the city's growing ...

The play takes place in a time of vicious upheaval in Russian culture. Tsar Nicholas II was the last of Russian royalty, murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1917. Rachmaninoff, also of noble birth, escaped ...