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 ...

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 ...

He was supposed to rule Russia with absolute power. Instead, millions of starving workers, brutal factory conditions, and one ...

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 ...

Tourists curious about Russia's imperial past can now ride on a special train running through the Ural mountains along the ...

Tsar Nicholas II’s favorite palace—the home to which he retreated after he abdicated the throne—was one of the Romanov’s most beloved residences. Its rooms were filled with books, art, and treasures ...

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 zeroes in on Nicholas II's arm, revealing a large tattoo. It's a quick ...

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 ...

Servicemen of the Wagner Group military company sit atop a tank as civilians pose for a photo at the headquarters of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June ...