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 ...

In The Last Tsar, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa ... however familiar from Robert K Massie’s classic 1967 biography, Nicholas and Alexandra – is mesmerising, and Hasegawa is master of all its broader ...

The tragic story of Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), the last Czar of Russia ... look into the private lives of Nicholas and his wife Alexandra (Janet Suzman), their daughters, their only son ...

Nicholas II, Czarina Alexandra, their five children and four servants were executed by Bolshevik revolutionaries overnight to July 17, 1918. Located at the site now is the altar of the lower ...

Since His Imperial Highness’ wife is a sister-in-law of the assassinated Tsaritsa Alexandra ... revolutionaries against Nicholas II, and was well content when the Tsar was sent to Siberia ...

The czar could not have done “a worse job ... superstition and blundering, it was Nicholas, Alexandra and Rasputin—and not the cousins, generals and politicians plotting against them—who ...

Later, he was introduced to Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra Feodorovna. The couple had a son, Alexei. Alexei was suffering from hemophilia, a rare disorder that impairs blood clotting.

John Boyne's haunting novel travels to the heart of the Russian empire where young imperial family bodyguard Georgy Jachmenev is privy to the secrets of Tsar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra ...

Portrait of Czar Nicholas I in The Illustrated London News. This formal portrait provides a sharp contrast to the way Czar Nicholas I was depicted in the satirical press. Richard Cobden, a leading ...

The last tsar of the previous dynasty ... many powerful Romanovs were assassinated, including Nicholas, Alexandra, their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei.

John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on March 2, 1855, his son, Alexander II, succeeded him on the throne. Here Alexander is shown inheriting the war started by his ...

The Empire did not have an elected parliament (until 1905) and there were no elections for positions in the government. There were no legal or constitutional methods by which Tsarist power could ...