A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 8, 1917, protests against food ...

In January 1917, the Russian empire is still governed by the all-powerful Tsar Nicholas II -- one man ... of whether they were dead or alive." No one was safe. In 1937, Nikolai Bukharin, a ...

MOSCOW, July 16. /TASS/. Most Russians believe the murder of the last Russian Czar, Nicholas II, and his family members in 1918 had no justification, describing it as a monstrous crime rather than ...

Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on March 2, 1855, his son, Alexander II, succeeded him on the throne. Here Alexander is shown inheriting the war started by his father. Honoré ...

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively ... She was determined that no member of the imperial government should ever be in a sufficiently strong position to challenge the authority ...