However, all this came to an end with the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917, which saw the violent abolition of the monarchy and the implementation of a new, socialist government led by the ...

In February the Russian monarchy collapsed. In October, squeezing out the moderate forces, the Bolsheviks seized power, leading to a bloody civil war. Subsequently, the Soviet government steered ...

The same crown, which was used for all subsequent Russian monarchs, has two hemispheres that symbolize the union of East and West. It is decorated with 4,936 Indian diamonds with a combined weight ...

“The nationalists’ clear-line ideology—the monarchy, reconstruction of the Russian empire, empowerment of the Church—resonates with the Russian security service and law-enforcement officers.

Born in 1886 in the Ukrainian town of Gorodok, Lemlich grew up in a Jewish family that experienced the social upheaval and hardships defined by the declining Russian monarchy. Facing poverty and ...

Vladimir Putin has spoken to Azerbaijan's president about the plane crash and apologised as the "tragic incident" took place in Russian airspace. Russia has accused UK and US spies of trying to ...