The Rurik and Romanov dynasties of Russia have shaped modern-day Russia’s land and people. From the first dynasty, which began around the 780s, to 1917, when the Romanov dynasty fell to the Bolshevik ...

Previously a specially built raised 'theatre' of wood had been built in the lantern for the ceremony and the monarch had to ascend steps to the throne. He died at Whitehall ... Most Noble and Serene ...

Tsar Nicholas NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on the canonization of Tsar Nicholas the Second by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Tsar and his family were the best known victims of the Russian ...