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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In a departure from Felder’s typical (solo) pieces, Rachmaninoff also features Jonathan Silvestri as Tsar Nicholas II. As Rachmaninoff transitions into death, he seeks to settle his most festering ...

The Empire did not have an elected parliament (until 1905) and there were no elections for positions in the government. There were no legal or constitutional methods by which Tsarist power could ...