Nicholas’s character was his fate, argues Hasegawa, and it was the fundamental absence of a higher purpose at its heart, ...

“The Last Tsar” is filled with revelations and fresh insights. Nicholas II was, as Mr. Hasegawa puts ... She was notoriously advised by Grigori Rasputin, the peasant faith healer first invited ...

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively ... into disrepute as the Tsarina fell under the influence of Grigori Rasputin. Rasputin was a monk from Siberia. He was rumoured to be a Khlyst ...

He was a Russian aristocrat and a member of the imperial family, whose place in history was secured by his involvement in the assassination of Rasputin—a fascinating ... the niece of Tsar Nicholas II.

Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The story of the humble peasant who became the most influential adviser to czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of the last czar, Nicholas II Romanov.

The tragic story of Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), the last Czar of ... which bound the Imperial Couple to the mystical Grigori Rasputin (Tom Baker), and the eventual execution of the entire ...

Hershey Felder’s newest musical play will feature him in the role of composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff alongside British-Italian actor Jonathan Silvestri in the role of Tsar Nicholas II.

Tsar Nicholas II and his family, who were executed in ... his uxorious dependence on Alexandra gave outsized influence to the mystical monk Rasputin, whom she adored because, after conventional ...