In the early morning of July 17, 1918, Bolshevik troops led the Russian imperial Romanov family to the basement of a Yekaterinburg house. There, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra and ...

“Only members of the Russian Imperial House of Romanov can claim rights to the throne,” adds Pchelov. “Such people must be first of all born in an equal marriage – between descendants of ...

Russian business tycoon Victor Vekselberg, who purchased Forbes Faberge collection, says he hopes to show treasures in Yekaterinburg, where imperial Romanov family was executed in 1918; declines ...

A new exhibition spotlights Natalia Pavlovna Paley, the granddaughter of a czar. She built a new life for herself in France ...

Dr Helen Rappaport, a specialist in late Russian imperial history, also writes that “the Romanovs were a political hot potato that no government wished to handle in wartime”, as they were also ...

The latest season of The Crown depicts the final days of the Russian Imperial family. These vintage photos show what they were like in real life. By Lauren Hubbard Published: Nov 27, 2022 11:00 AM EST ...

A century after the brutal murders of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Alexandra, and their five children (Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei), the execution of the Russian imperial ...

The Romanov family was executed by the Bolsheviks after the onset of the Russian Revolution led by Vladimir Lenin, which established the world’s first communist state.

After Czar Nicholas II abdicated during the Russian Revolution, he and his family were lined up late one night in a basement in 1918, as if another picture were to be taken. Instead, they were ...

After 100 Years, a Royal Wedding in Russia Evokes Days of the Czars. For the groom, a Romanov and descendant of the imperial throne, and his Italian bride, the wedding represents the pinnacle of ...