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 ...

Nicholas II, the last Russian tsar, was a peculiar and quirky man who had a major dark side.

Since the Russian Orthodox Church canonized Nicholas II, he can also be named “the richest saint in history.” The Tsar, however, was not as wealthy as many believe, and we’ll explain why.

A portrait depicts Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra a year before they were crowned Tsar and Tsaritsa. This is part of the exhibit, Last Days of the Last Tsar, currently on display, at the Holy ...

From the moment he was crowned Tsar, his reign was an utter catastrophe. Congress averts government shutdown after Senate passes spending bill Powerful Tugboats Pull Massive $13 Billion US ...

Tsar Nicholas II is said to have been convinced he had been the target of an assassin when this grapeshot ball narrowly missed hitting him in St Petersburg in 1905.

Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee says the criminal investigation into the murder of Tsar Nicholas II, his family, and entourage — reopened in 2015 — will review the theory that it may have ...

In his newly released book, “The Last Tsar: the Abdication of Nicholas II and the End of the Romanovs” (Basic Books), author Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, an emeritus professor of history at UC Santa Barbara, ...

The remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra have been exhumed as part of a Russian investigation into the Romanov royal family's murder. The couple and their children – Olga, Tatiana ...