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Was Tsar Nicholas II to blame for his family’s gory end?
After reading this book, one can only conclude that Nicholas was largely to blame for the entire tragedy. Does he deserve posterity’s pity, or contempt? The Last Tsar is published by Basic at £25.
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Nicholas II, Aššurbanipal, and Marco Polo Walk Into a Bookstore
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 ...
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The ballerina and the visit of Nicholas II to Ceylon
Dr. Tony Donaldson revisits a forgotten episode in Sri Lanka’s history when Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, spent 12 unforgettable days in Ceylon The final years of Tsarist Russia were ...
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Deseret News archives: Czar Nicholas deposed in 1917, creating a slew of unsolved mysteries
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 8, 1917, protests against food rationing broke out in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), triggering eight days ...
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Musical is part ‘Cinderella,’ part ‘My Fair Lady’
Anastasia,” the 2017 musical that reunited book writer Terrence McNally and songwriting team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, is an alternate history tale that imagines the consequences if the ...