This video explores the life and reign of Tsar Nicholas II, Russia’s final monarch, and questions whether he was history’s worst ruler or a tragic victim of circumstance. It traces his transformation ...

What’s so bad about having a mentally deficient ruler? Surely the ruler’s advisors can make wise decisions and tell him what to say? When I hear such reasoning, I think of Tsar Nicholas II, his sad ...

July 17 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1918, Russian Czar Nicholas II and his family were killed by Bolsheviks who had held them captive for two months. Though the whereabouts of their bodies was ...

Nicholas II lost his throne, his empire, and eventually his life after a chain of disastrous decisions. This video shows how ...

In “Rasputin,” the biographer Antony Beevor delves into the mysterious life of the last czarina’s mystic adviser. By Sophie Pinkham Fabergé is believed to have produced 50 of the ornate eggs for ...

Editorial: Former tsar Nicholas II and his family shot at Ekaterinburg, in the Urals, by the order of the local Soviet Bones found by Russian builder finally solve riddle of the missing Romanovs ...

King George V appeared to regret not helping his cousin Tsar Nicholas II and his family escape Russia and their eventual death. When he learned of the death of the Romanovs and their five children, ...

Ocean X recovered 900 bottles of alcohol from a 102-year-old shipwreck. Ocean X Ocean explorers have salvaged 900 bottles of booze from a ship sunk in the Baltic Sea while on its way to restock Tsar ...

Over a century ago, Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia. As the wealthiest man in the country, Nicholas II was afforded every luxury available, one being his very own train. Equipped with 10 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Obverse Image: Portrait of Nicholas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the first episode of The Last Czars, a new docuseries about the end of the Romanov dynasty, there's a scene where the camera ...