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

That last tsar, Nicholas II, ruled an empire that bordered Turkey ... a royal burial in 1998 in the Peter and Paul fortress in St. Petersburg. The relationship of Nicholas II and Alexandra ...

Tony Donaldson revisits a forgotten episode in Sri Lanka’s history when Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, spent 12 unforgettable ... Mathilde Kschessinska the ballerina of the Maryinsky theatre in ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas ... the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar Nicholas II, the head of ...

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively ... Moreover, his absence left a weakened government in Petrograd (formerly St Petersburg). As the war continued, the quality and effectiveness ...

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 ...

The Romanov sisters were the most photographed princesses of their day, yet the world knew very little of the four girls in the official portraits. The daughters of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of ...