Revolution came to Russia in February 1917, and a month later Nicholas II, emperor and autocrat of all the Russias, abdicated his throne to become plain Nicholas Romanov. With revolution at home ...

From the moment he was crowned Tsar, his reign was an utter catastrophe. Scientists on high alert after sign that US volcano is about to erupt Meet the Offaly influencer who earned over € ...

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, author of a new account of the last Russian emperor, Nicholas II, rejects the argument that Russian imperialism was unsalvageable in the face of pressure from the modernising ...

Surely the ruler’s advisors can make wise decisions and tell him what to say? When I hear such reasoning, I think of Tsar Nicholas II, his sad demise, and, after the pitiful end of 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 ...

SYLVAIN DURAND/COLLECTION XAVIER DURAND Tattoos first appeared in the world ... the writer Pierre Loti and Tsar Nicholas II – could not resist the temptation of returning with a souvenir ...

King George V appeared to regret not helping his cousin Tsar Nicholas II and his family escape Russia and their eventual death. When he learned of the death of the Romanovs and their five children ...

15 March 1917 - Tsar Nicholas II steps aside, paving the way for Russian women to get the vote. As Women’s History Month continues, we look at how Tsar Nicholas II of Russia’s abdication on ...

Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II and England’s King George V were first cousins. In 1918, Ipatiev House was turned into a fortified prison for ex-Tsar Nicholas II and his family. As the ill-fated ...