Czar Nicholas II signs the instrument of abdication on March 15, 1917  aboard the Imperial Train. From left to right: Minister of the Imperial Court Baron Wold…

Maria Pavlovna the Elder by François Flameng, 1898.  Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, born Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was the unrivalled society q…

The Russian Imperial Family, c1913-1914. Image: Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons.  On the night of July 16-17, 1918, Nicholas Romanov, the former…

The Russian Imperial Family, c1913. Image: U.S. Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons 1. The Romanovs (Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Empress Al…

A portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna by Kramskoj. Image: Wikimedia Commons Marie Sophia Frederika Dagmar was born on November 26, at the Yellow Palace…

Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Moscow, May 26, 1906 - Nicholas II was crowned emperor of all the Russias with the most gorgeous ceremonies th…

Nicholas and Alexandra at the 1903 Grand Ball   The Russian royals had the fascination for throwing lavish gatherings and extravagant balls. Anyway, t…

In her latest book, Four Sisters – The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses , Helen Rappaport reveals the true background of Nicholas II's four daught…

Czar Nicholas II and his family August 26 - Moscow ’s Basmanny Court ordered the reopening of the murder case of Czar Nicholas II and his family.  “…