Czar Nicholas II’s immediate family was executed in 1918. But there are still living descendants with royal claims to the Romanov name.
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The execution of the Romanov family marked the end of imperial rule in the Soviet Union, and the details are quite gruesome.
(Excerpt from the 2000 Russian film entitled "The Romanovs: An Imperial Family" ( Романовы. Венценосная семья , Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya S em...
We tend to see history in black and white, the distance of time emphasized by faded faces and sepia smiles. But the world, as Russian colorist Olga Shirnina points out, "has always been full of colors, even in war." With an artist's eye and a surgeon's precision, Shirnina uses Photoshop to...
Mikhaïl Romanov. Nom complet : Mikhaïl Ier Fiodorovitch Romanov Surnom(s) officiel(s) : Aucun Père : Fédor Nikititch Romanov (1553-1633) dit Philarète Mère : Xenia Ivanovna Saltykova (...-1631) dit...
The Russian royal family had numerous palaces, mansions and dachas (summer houses) throughout Russia (and what is now, in some cases, abroad) and many of them are veritable architectural masterpieces. After the change in government, all of them were nationalized into state property, but there are still some you cannot get into.
“Nikolai Alexandrovich, in view of the fact that your relatives are continuing their attack on Soviet Russia, the Ural Executive Committee has decided to execute you. ” After the Bolshe…
Tsar Nicholas ll of Russia.
The Romanov family were killed in 1918 after the Bolshevik Revolution but the mystery relating to their deaths and the aftermath has never gone away
Bijna geen enkele dynastie wist de macht zo lang in handen te houden en het rijk zo in omvang te laten toenemen als de ambitieuze Romanovs.
Explore eight surprising facts about the famous Russian ruler.
On Saturday, we departed Novgorod to Moscow aboard an overnight train. Security at the train station was surprisingly lax; we didn’t have to go through any security checks at all. We were ba…
If Instagram was around during the time of the tsars, their royal accounts would have no doubt been plastered with selfies given their obsession with portraits. Here are a number of both ceremonial and informal artworks immortalizing Russia’s imperials, created by some of the country’s finest painters.
The slaughter of the Romanov family and servants, which took place exactly 100 years ago on this day in 1918, was one of the seminal events of the 20th century.
If Instagram was around during the time of the tsars, their royal accounts would have no doubt been plastered with selfies given their obsession with portraits. Here are a number of both ceremonial and informal artworks immortalizing Russia’s imperials, created by some of the country’s finest painters.
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Will Russia's fallen royal family finally receive a full burial from the Orthodox Church?
Little Alexei with his sisters. A rarer sort of photo I haven’t seen yet.
