When the riots broke out, Nicholas instructed the city commandant to take firm measures and sent troops to restore order. It ...

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 ...

The Russian Empire at the turn of the century was huge. The United States could be dropped into it and still leave room for China and India. That last tsar, Nicholas II, ruled an empire that ...

The world celebrates International Women’s Day each year on March 8. But did you know that the celebration has a strong Russian link dating back to 1917?

Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family ... also to accommodate the religious needs of the city's growing Russian population. The church's onion domes, bright colors and detailed ...

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 ...