In the West, the practice of exchanging rings to mark a betrothal dates back to ancient Rome, when noble families would trade ...

After over 150 years of elegantly cruising at the top, St. Moritz – the world's original ski resort – is finally starting to ...

In the meantime, the assassinations started piling up. In 1904, Governor-General Nikolai Bobrikov was the first to be taken down by the Finns. Soon after, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, a relative ...

Scotland is an old hand at state visit pageantry – and well versed in heckling the great and the good, writes Royal commentator Alastair Bruce ...

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

A 1957 photo features the tollbooth on Alton's Old Clark Bridge, where tolls ranged from 30 cents to $2. The bridge was ...

International Working Women’s Day was never meant to be a celebration of women’s achievements within capitalism—it was a call to revolution. Its origins lie in the struggles of communist and socialist ...

Synonymous with celebrities and millionaires, St Moritz kickstarted winter tourism in Switzerland 150 years ago. Since then, ...

1995: The graves of Tsar Nicholas II and his family are finally found in St Petersburg after 78 years. On the same day, Viv Stanshall of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band dies in a house fire. 2003: In Haifa ...

This past Friday, the final nail was hammered into the coffin of the Ukrainian war effort. President Trump’s meeting with ...

The author clearly has an affinity with his subject: Nicholas II was an incompetent ruler and Mr Radzinsky is an incompetent historian. Before I say another unkind word let me quote from the chapter ...