Investigation of the death of Russia’s last Czar, Nicholas II, and his family goes on for ... in the Urals and placed to rest at the St Peter and Paul’s Cathedral in St Petersburg by the ...

On March 8, 1917, protests against food rationing broke out in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), triggering eight days of ...

Tsar Nicholas II makes a public address on July 20 ... With Tsar Nicholas away at the front commanding Russia's war effort, the capital, St. Petersburg (then called Petrograd), was left in ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas ... the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar Nicholas II, the head of ...

That last tsar, Nicholas II, ruled an empire that bordered Turkey ... a royal burial in 1998 in the Peter and Paul fortress in St. Petersburg. The relationship of Nicholas II and Alexandra ...

Russian state TV hails 'Putin the Emperor' in delusional diatribe after chilling speech ...

Grigori Rasputin was a mystic who was originally only a peasant, so how did he become entangled with the Emperor of Russia, ...

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively ... Moreover, his absence left a weakened government in Petrograd (formerly St Petersburg). As the war continued, the quality and effectiveness ...

Tsar Nicholas II was advised by Plehve, the Minister of the Interior, that a national victory would lessen the growing opposition to Tsarist rule. It was an opportunity to heighten patriotic ...