There was plenty of precedent for such a connection: The tsar’s first cousin once removed (sometimes referred to as his uncle), the Grand Duke Nicholas, had married a Montenegrin princess ...

This is how Russian Emperor Nicholas II reacted to troubling news ... 90,000 people participated in the revolt on the first day. The revolt expanded with every day. The protesters fought with ...

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 ...

In January 1917, the Russian empire is still governed by the all-powerful Tsar Nicholas II -- one man ... and disaffected fighting in the First World War: Russia has been bleeding for almost ...

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 ...

For the last of these shows, he brings Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) to life, and for the first time, shares the stage with actor Jonathan Silvestri as Tsar Nicholas II. Felder once more ...