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…

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia was born on was born 18 April, 1890 in Saint Petersburg. She was the first child and only daughter of Grand Duke P…

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

Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia. Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark shared a love match made in heaven with Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch o…

Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna with her daughters Maria and Kira, c1913. Image from Wikimedia Commons Princess Victoria Melita was born on Novemb…

Towards the twilight of the rule of the Romanovs in Russia, two Slavic princesses reigned supreme as the most colorful figures in the Czar’s court. Grand Duche…

Towards the twilight of the rule of the Romanovs in Russia, two Slavic princesses reigned supreme as the most colorful figures in the Czar’s court. Grand D…

Towards the twilight of the rule of the Romanovs in Russia, two Slavic princesses reigned supreme as the most colorful figures in the Czar’s court. Grand Duche…

Elizabeth and Sergei, c1884. Image: Wikimedia Commons It is said that in the 19th century, there were two Elizabeths who were considered as Europe’s …

Image: Wikimedia Commons 1. In 1717, Peter the Great commissioned German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to build a summer residence for her wife, …

Peterhof Palace is one of the grandest and most visited palace complexes in the world, hailed as the Russian version of France's Versailles and re…

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