Left: Tsar Nicholas II, the last reigning Emperor of Russia, photographed in 1912. Centre: Detail from a mosaic of Marco Polo, displayed in Genoa's Palazzo Doria-Tursi. Right: Detail from a sculpted ...

W ha t’s so bad about having a mentally deficient ruler? Surely the ruler’s advisors can make wise decisions and tell him what to say? When I hear such reasoning, I think of Tsar Nicholas II, his sad ...

George V's guilt after refusing cousin Nicholas II asylum — 'those poor innocent children' Tsar Nicholas II and his family were denied exile in Britain, said to have been in part due to the fear ...

As Women’s History Month continues, we look at how Tsar Nicholas II of Russia’s abdication on this day 106 years ago was, in part, thanks to women speaking out for equality and their rights.

15 March 1917 - Tsar Nicholas II steps aside, paving the way for Russian women to get the vote. As Women’s History Month continues, we look at how Tsar Nicholas II of Russia’s abdication on this day ...

The British royals have a series of familial links with Russia stretching as far back as Queen Victoria, but which were damaged in 1918 by the murder of Czar Nicholas II and his family. Many ...

The distance between the British royal family and Russia had widened following the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family by the Bolsheviks in 1918. The last czar was a distant cousin of ...

Alexander Palace, Tsar Nicholas II’s favorite royal residence, has been lavishly restored and is now open to the public. By Norman Vanamee Published: Feb 09, 2022 4:01 PM EST ...

Patriarch of Moscow Kirill will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the death of the last emperor of Russia with the bishops. The memory of the "royal martyrs" and the shooting ordered by Lenin ...

The gathering will be held July 14 to 17, and the patriarch will also consecrate the church of the Holy Royal Martyrs (Tsarstvennye Strastoterptsy) in Alapaev, always in the same area of the Urals ...