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

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Marco Polo (1254--1324) is likely the most famous merchant who ever lived. Even small children know his name, thanks to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russification meant that a loyal part of the Empire had become an enemy of the Tsar. During Nicholas II’s reign, the Black Hundreds was formed. This was an extreme nationalist movement that ...

This mounted portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News shortly after Czar Alexander II assumed the throne of Russia. John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on ...

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 ...