But it wasn’t the sword of fate that struck down Imperial Russia as much as its “blinkered faith in autocracy” and the inept leadership of Tsar Nicholas II, the last ruler of the Romanov dynasty. In ...
this tells the “definitive” story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, and poor leadership and a blinkered faith in autocracy on the part of Tsar Nicholas II.
As valet to Michael Romanov, younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II, Johnson had known he faced execution as the 300-year-old dynasty was swept aside in 1917. Michael pleaded with his faithful ...
Constantine XI Palaiologos's rule as Byzantine Emperor was brief, and his death coincided with the fall of Constantinople.
In keeping with the bar’s theme of Mandarin and Cantonese pop music, the drink’s name nods to Hong Kong singer Anita Mui’s ...
But that progressive political agenda effectively ended on March 13, 1881, when Alexander II – known as the Tsar-Liberator – was assassinated in St Petersburg by a revolutionary. The following ...
During their restoration, Dr. Anastasia Koumousi, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia, identified in the second ...