Could the Russian Revolution have been avoided? This documentary examines how Nicholas II’s indecision, poor reforms, and ...

In July 1914, Tsar Nicholas II stood at a crossroads: defend Serbia and risk a European war, or stand aside and lose Russia’s ...

A view of the buildings at the Holy Trinity Monastery and Seminary and Russian History Foundation where dozens of monks live and seminary students study. The monks harvest honey and honeycombs from ...

A portrait of Tsar Nicholas II was discovered during the restoration of a full-size painting of the 1917 October Revolution leader Vladimir Lenin. The image was "hidden" for the last 90 years beneath ...

More than a century after a tragic ending, the final Romanov mystery has been solved. In a stunning announcement, the Russian Investigative Committee has confirmed that bones discovered in a forest ...

The Russian Culture Ministry has cleared for release a film highlighting the romantic youth of Tsar Nicholas II, despite requests by Orthodox activists and other conservatives to ban the film. The ...

Left: Tsar Nicholas II, the last reigning Emperor of Russia, photographed in 1912. Centre: Detail from a mosaic of Marco Polo, displayed in Genoa's Palazzo Doria-Tursi. Right: Detail from a sculpted ...

MOSCOW, March 21. /TASS/. March 21, 2017, marks the centenary anniversary since the watershed event that shook Russia's history to the core in the 20th century, which many people view nowadays as the ...

The Romanov family ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917. They ascended the throne at the end of one of the most critical periods of Russian history, known as the Time of Troubles (1589 Ü 1613). The last ...

The oldest relative of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, has died. Prince Dmitry Romanov, 90, passed away on December 31 in Denmark. Romanov's father, Roman Romanov, was a second cousin and godson ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators say they plan to exhume the remains of Tsar Alexander III at the request of the Orthodox Church, the latest twist in a macabre effort to authenticate the ...