Pictures taken by the last tsar’s family capture some vivid moments of his turbulent reign that saw the Russia-Japan War, the carnage of WWI, and mass riots and rallies, before ending tragically in the Russian Revolution.
The canonization of the last Russian Tsar and his family was not an easy decision for the Russian Orthodox Church. So why did it make such a controversial move?
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You can learn about history from books, but that’s a long path, and quite likely not the one you took back in your school years. Or you did, and in that case, hats off to you!
Born in Gatchina to Tsar Paul I and Maria Fedorovna, Nicholas came to power amidst the turmoil and gunshots of a coup staged in St. Petersburg in December 14, 1825. The Decembrist uprising, as it b…
120 years ago, on May 26, the last Emperor of Russia Nicolas II and Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna were crowned. RBTH gathered rare photos of the...
In 2020, a monument will be established in Alushta (situated 36 km from Yalta), at the site of the historic meeting between Tsesarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich and his future wife, Princess Alix of H…
