A view of the buildings at the Holy Trinity Monastery and Seminary and Russian History Foundation where dozens of monks live and seminary students study. The monks harvest honey and honeycombs from ...
For those readers who may not have followed the events: Matilda is a historical movie about the love affair of the future Tsar Nicholas II with the ballet dancer Matilda Kschessinka. The film covers ...
The Romanov family rose to imperial power in Russia in the early 1600s, its rule passed down for more than 300 years until the compounding crises of World War I, political turmoil and public pushback ...
In July 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, their five children Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei, were executed in the basement of a mansion in Ural ...
After the 1905 revolution, Russia had a chance to reform, but Tsar Nicholas II undermined political change, crushed ...
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 ...
More than a century after a tragic ending, the final Romanov mystery has been solved. In a stunning announcement, the Russian Investigative Committee has confirmed that bones discovered in a forest ...
(Reuters) - Russia has closed an investigation into the shooting by Bolshevik revolutionaries of Russia's last Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 1918, Itar-Tass news agency reported on Thursday. The ...