From the moment he was crowned Tsar, his reign was an utter catastrophe. Congress averts government shutdown after Senate passes spending bill Powerful Tugboats Pull Massive $13 Billion US ...

Today is the 94th anniversary of the murders of Tsar Nicholas, the last monarch of Russia, and his family at the hands of the Bolsheviks. I had never thought much about this crime, nor of the ...

This is how Russian Emperor Nicholas II reacted to troubling news delivered by Chairman of the State Duma Mikhail Rodzianko, who on Feb. 26, according to the Old Style calendar (March 11 ...

Her son Paul I restored the succession of oldest sons to the throne, which continued through Alexander III and Nicholas II, the last tsar. Alexander III (ruled 1881 Ü 1894) began a web of ...

Eastman and Herman Axelbank spent 13 years assembling movie shots made by newsreel men, Red and White propaganda films, and pictures taken by amateur photographers including Tsar Nicholas II himself.

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively. He made poor decisions that led to worsening relations with the government and increased hardship for civilians and soldiers alike. Nicholas ...

The play takes place in a time of vicious upheaval in Russian culture. Tsar Nicholas II was the last of Russian royalty, murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1917. Rachmaninoff, also of noble birth, escaped ...