The saddest case of this must be that of Nicholas II, last of the Romanovs. He never asked or wanted to be tsar of Russia, and there is no evidence that he relished a position he inherited ...

The tragic fate of Princess Diana in 1997 and the brutal assassination of Tsar Nicholas II along with his family in 1918 are ...

Tsar Nicholas II was the son of Alexander III, who had reposed in the arms of Saint John of Kronstadt. Having been raised in piety, Tsar Nicholas ever sought to rule in a spirit consonant with the ...

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 ...

Russia's biggest cinema chain has cancelled screenings of a controversial film about the love life of the last tsar Nicholas II after Orthodox Church activists strongly condemned it. Matilda ...

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.

MOSCOW, November 29. /TASS/. Kremlin does not comment on the probe investigating whether the murder of last Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family members was ritual, Russian Presidential ...

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 ...

Tsar Nicholas II was advised by Plehve, the Minister of the Interior, that a national victory would lessen the growing opposition to Tsarist rule. It was an opportunity to heighten patriotic ...

In January 1917, the Russian empire is still governed by the all-powerful Tsar Nicholas II -- one man, answerable only to God, who rules more than 170 million people. The Tsar's armies have grown ...

Tsar Nicholas ll and his family were killed by Bolsheviks in July 1918, the year after the Russian Revolution. The royal family had visited the island in 1909 and had watched the Cowes Week ...