The story itself, broadly familiar from popular treatments over the years, is well told by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa in “The Last Tsar: The Abdication ... Nicholas II to surrender the throne, only ...

Czar Nicholas II, who abdicated the throne on March 2, 1917, and his family were executed by a firing squad in the basement of the Ipatyev House in Yekaterinburg overnight to July 17, 1918.

Tsar Nicholas II and his family, who were executed in 1918.Credit: Alamy/File Hasegawa paints a convincing portrait of Nicholas as not only uninterested but way out of his depth as regards ...

Her son Paul I restored the succession of oldest sons to the throne, which continued through Alexander III and Nicholas II, the last tsar ... end with Nicholas IIÍs abdication in 1917.

has held an important meeting with King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark who ascended to the throne after Queen Margrethe II's surprise abdication. The British and Danish monarchs put on a ...

This meant that the Tsar ... to write them a letter. Nicholas II was also distracted by the illness facing his son, Alexei (the Tsarevitch), who was the heir to the throne. Alexei suffered ...