The 50 salvaged cases of cognac brandy and 15 cases of herbal liqueur were originally intended for the aristocracy of Russia.

Czar Nicholas II tried to go peacefully when he abdicated the throne. But the Romanovs had always lived by the sword, and, in July 1918, Nicholas’ entire family died violent deaths.

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 ...

I hadn’t realized it, but Czar Nicholas II was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church (in the West in 1981, back in Russia in 2000). Now a forthcoming Russian movie,”Matilda,” about his ...

Nicholas was weary about his duties as a tsar. Abdication of Nicholas II, March 2 1917. shishkin-gallery.ru. Nicholas had a phenomenal memory.

Czar Nicholas was murdered with his family in Yekaterinburg on July 17, 1918. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S HAT A FAKE? THEY SPENT MILLIONS ON A HAT THAT COULD BE WORTH NOTHING.

Czar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra called upon Rasputin to heal their son Alexei, who suffered from hemophilia, a disorder where blood is unable to properly clot.

Trump also had something of a "czar" in his first term. Moncef Slaoui, a former pharmaceutical executive, oversaw Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration's initiative to fast-track COVID-19 ...

the czar nicholas.; some personal peculiarities--the danger of joking with a czar. share full article. dec. 26, 1880.

Tsar Nicholas ll and his children Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana, Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duchess Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei aboard their royal yacht in 1911.

Just a year after Nicholas II’s abdication, Baruch came to be known as the “czar of American industry.” Thus began a trend that would continue into the 21st century.

Czar Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, by nearly all accounts, was a decent fellow who had absolutely no business ruling an outhouse, much less the largest country in the world.