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.” ...

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 ...

Her son Paul I restored the succession of oldest sons to the throne, which continued through Alexander III and Nicholas II, the last tsar. Alexander III (ruled 1881 Ü 1894) began a web of ...

They’ve been my guides in all 20 episodes which are now available to download. From Aeroflot to Tsar Nicholas, these are the five top things I never knew I wanted to know about the Great Bear ...