Both Mikhail, in 1613, and Alexei, in 1918 ... The nonconformity of the people had already taken the life of one tsar, Nicholas II's grandfather, Alexander II, who was assassinated in what ...

That last tsar, Nicholas II, ruled an empire that bordered Turkey ... Queen Victoria the defective gene that made her son Alexei a hemophiliac. Three hundred years of Romanov rule came to an ...

Alexei suffered from haemophilia ... Persuasive civil servants could easily influence Tsar Nicholas II, who was unsure of himself and indecisive. Promotion relied more on years of service rather ...

A Russian author has sensationally claimed Grand Duchess Anastasia - the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II - may have survived ... Anastasia, and Alexei, all died on that fateful night with ...

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively ... In April 1907, Alexandra called on him to heal her only son, the Tsarevich Alexei. He was suffering from painful bleeding as a result of ...