In total, at least 18 members of the royal house, including Paley’s cousins, the deposed czar Nicholas II and his daughter Anastasia, met violent ends during the conflict.

Nicholas and Alexandra is a biopic about the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, who was forced to step down from the throne in the early months of the Russian Revolution, though he would still be ...

Alexandra grew increasingly dependent on Rasputin and, after 1911, several roles within high government were filled by his appointees, allowing him great influence over matters of state. This ...

The senior Chamber Cossack honored with a Fabergé figure is A.A. Kudinov, who guarded Nicholas II’s mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847–1928). The 7.5 in. (19 cm) Kudinov piece was the 18th ...

His newest piece, however, “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar," which played the Colonial Theatre over the weekend, is a two-actor affair featuring Felder as Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff and Jonathan ...

Soon, treasonous rumors began circulating that Rasputin was sleeping with the czarina, had fathered Alexei, and held total control over the czar. With World War I raging, Nicholas II’s departure ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar ...

Czar Nicholas II had mobilized about 12 million men; casualties — dead, wounded and missing — finally topped 50 percent. The soldiers, illiterate but sturdy peasants, ...

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on the canonization of Tsar Nicholas the Second by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Tsar and his family were the best known victims of the Russian Revolution in 1918 ...

By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House AI czar David Sacks on Tuesday downplayed the risk that coveted American AI chips could be smuggled to bad actors, and expressed concern that ...

Nicholas and Alexandra [ 1971 ] Trotsky. In Celebration [ 1975 ] Steven Shaw. Manhunter [ 1986 ] Dr. Lecktor. Hidden Agenda [ 1990 ] Kerrigan. The Lost Language of Cranes [ 1991 ] Owen Benjamin.