Socialite Patte Barham, scion of a pioneering L.A. family, is intent on uncovering the crown jewels of the czar of Russia. She says they're buried in the Gobi Desert. Some say it's a fanciful quest.

The story of the missing Russian crown jewels begins, as so many great adventures do, in a library. In this case, it was the U.S. Geological Survey Library in Reston, Va. Richard Huffine, the ...

Gleboff, who had been an aide to Czar Nicholas II at the time of the Russian Revolution, died in 1960, but he gave her a hand-drawn map of where he secreted the cache on Oct. 3, 1917. The map ...

As Orthodox Church leads the popular revival of Nicholas II's reputation, some observers complain about history being airbrushed ...

Czar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of England (Getty) Who were the Romanovs? The House of Romanov was the reigning imperial house of Russia, lasting from 1617 to 1917.

The tsar and tsarina of Russia who, months earlier, had been overthrown in the Russian Revolution. “The government is willing to send a ship to bring the Romanovs to safety here in England ...

About Barham’s claim that the Russian crown jewels are buried beneath the sands of the Gobi, he says: There s no doubt whatsoever it s there. I ve talked to people who know what happened back then.

The story of the missing Russian crown jewels begins, as so many great adventures do, in a library. In this case, it was the U.S. Geological Survey Library in Reston, Va. Richard Huffine, the ...