More than a century after the Russian Revolution ... and will doomed the Romanov dynasty, despite Nicholas II having survived Russia’s 1905 revolution, which had forced him to accept a ...
In 1861 serfdom, the system which tied the Russian peasants irrevocably ... Tsar Alexander II (1855-81) shared with his father, Nicholas I, a conviction that American slavery was inhumane. This is not ...
It has forced Russia to reorient its lucrative European energy trade to less profitable markets. Like Czar Nicholas II, Russian President Vladimir Putin has misidentified his primary foe.
Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate building not only to honor the ...
For a thousand years, Russia has had a vision of Constantinople as the centre of Russian ... conquered. Nicholas died from chagrin, — or “medicine,” — and Alexander II.
To the Russian public: “We’re still standing.” To Ukraine’s allies: “We can outlast you.” Projecting an image of Russia’s economic strength has real-world consequences. Some in the ...