Each art object and ancient military or cultural ... First, there is an extremely fine-quality Caucasian shashka given to Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, when he was Tsesarevich (heir apparent).

A portrait of Tsar Nicholas II was discovered during the restoration ... The discovery was made by restorers from the Stieglitz Art and Industry Academy in St. Petersburg, where the portrait ...

Getty Images The last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, abdicated 100 years ago on March 15, 1917. RBTH has compiled the reactions of his contemporaries to this landmark event in Russian history.

Tsar Nicholas II’s favorite palace—the home to which he retreated after he abdicated the throne—was one of the Romanov’s most beloved residences. Its rooms were filled with books ...

The story itself, broadly familiar from popular treatments over the years, is well told by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa in “The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs.” ...